Shri Ganesha
Shri Ganesha's vahana is this animal
Mushak
This relative of Ravana opposed his decision to abduct Sita and later fought alongside Shri Rama.
Vibhishana
This is the fourth and final purushartha, following dharma, artha, and kama.
Moksha
This city on the Ganga is traditionally regarded as especially sacred to Bhagwan Shiva.
Kashi
According to a famous story, Shri Ganesha won a race around the world by doing this instead.
Circling his parents, Bhagwan Shiva and Parvati Devi
This warrior was the only Pandava who knew how to enter the Chakravyuha, but not how to escape it.
Abhimanyu
These three qualities of prakriti are known as sattva, rajas, and tamas.
These four pilgrimage sites: Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri and Rameswaram, collectively bear this name.
Char Dham
Shri Ganesha served as the scribe while this sage dictated the Mahabharata.
Ved Vyasa
This warrior was born as Devavrata and received his better-known name after taking a terrible vow.
Bhishma
This Vedanta school associated with Ramanujacharya is usually translated as "qualified non-dualism."
Vishishtadvaita
This famous temple in Tamil Nadu is dedicated to Shiva as the lord of the cosmic dance.
Chidambaram Nataraja Temple
In the Ganesha Atharvashirsha, Ganesha is explicitly identified with this ultimate metaphysical reality.
Brahman
During their year in disguise, the Pandavas lived in the kingdom ruled by this king.
Virata
In the Katha Upanishad, this young seeker questions Yama about what happens after death.
Nachiketa
This town is one of the rare sacred sites with both a Jyotirlinga and a Shakti Peetha.
Srisailam
According to the Mudgala Purana, Ganesha manifests in eight incarnations, each associated with overcoming a particular inner weakness or demonic force. This incarnation, depicted riding a peacock, defeats the demon Sindhu.
Mayureshwara
This king, father of Damayanti, ruled Vidarbha in the Mahabharata's Nala-Damayanti story.
Bhima
This Sanskrit expression, particularly associated with the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, describes the method of approaching Brahman as "not this, not this."
Neti Neti
This Kerala temple is famous for a deity depicted in Anantashayana, reclining upon the serpent Ananta.
Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple