About ganesha
Ganesha, also spelled Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon and is the Supreme God in the Ganapatya sect. His depictions are found throughout India. Hindu denominations worship him regardless of affiliations. Devotion to Ganesha is widely diffused and extends to Jains and Buddhists and includes Nepal, Philippines, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Java), Thailand, Myanmar, China, and Japan and in countries with large ethnic Indian Hindu populations including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Fiji, Guyana, Malaysia, Mauritius, Singapore, South Africa, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
