high up in the himalayan mountain peaks their lived a beautiful goddess named parvati parvati was the wife of the god named shiva the king of all yogi s who destroys all demons now shiva loved to practice yoga deep in the forest away from the world and all the things that lure us often meditating for weeks and months practicing detachment completely untouched but whenever shiva left parvati stayed home often feeling sad and all alone so one day she prayed and made a wish for a son who she could have fun and play with the very next morning to her surprise a little baby laid right in front of her eyes parvati could hardly control her joy for the gods had blessed her with a beautiful boy son of shiva parvati with an elephants head and a fat belly one day when parvati was taking a bath she instructed her son to protect the path so he stood in the door just like a guard there to make sure no one entered the yard it was at that time when shiva returned not knowing that his wife recently gave birth when he saw the boy he told him to move not knowing who his father was the boy refused now shiva s like this truth consciousness and bliss but he s crazy when he s angry so don t get him pissed feeling dissed by the boy shiva started a rumble an epic struggle that shook the jungle then out of nowhere shiva s trident went chop and that s when the boy s head was cut off when parvati heard the noise coming from outside she rushed to find that her boy had died son of shiva parvati with an elephants head and a fat belly all the gods quickly rushed to the scene as soon as they heard parvati s scream she turned toward her shiva with tears in her eyes and painfully explained how the boy was there child when shiva realized the size of this mess he became stressed upset and depressed that s when the god vishnu came up with a plan to find another head so the boy could live again shiva said we ll take the first head that we find but we really need to hurry cuz we re running out of time deep in the jungle the gods met an elephant a wise old being who attained enlightenment he offered his life so the gods took his head and quickly returned to where the boy laid dead they placed it upon the boys body and at first it looked funny and even ungodly but parvati said the head fit just like a glove truly a face only a mother could love when shiva saw the boy becoming refreshed he embraced his son and named him ganesh son of shiva parvati with an elephants head and a fat belly