Ganapatya is a denomination of Hinduism for those who worship Ganesha (also called Ganapati). Representation of the dance of Ganesha and his love for sweets. The mouse appears in the base.The Walters Art Museum.

The veneration of Ganesha is complementary to the worship of other deities. Hindus of all doctrines begin prayers, important tasks or tasks and religious ceremonies with an invocation to Ganesha. The "cult of the five forms" (pañcāyatana pūjā), which was popularized by Śaṅkarācārya, invokes the five deities Ganesha, Vishnu, Shiva, Devi, and Surya.The ganapatyas are one of the five main Hindu doctrines, together with Shaivism , Shaktism, Vaishnavism and Smartism that follows the Advaita philosophy. While it is not a doctrine as big as the first four, it has been very influential.

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