During the Nithyanandotsavam Celebration, as we honor and remember the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism as the reviver of the Ganapathya tradition, let us remember the divine leela which unfolded in the year 1981 This is the first adored deity of Lord Ganesha worshipped by the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism. Lord Ganesha is the Hindu God worshipped as the Lord of Completion and remover of all obstacles. At the tender age of three, the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism exemplified the subtle sacred teaching of "Practicing the Presense of God", even in mundane daily activities, thereby infusing the superconscious energy of these deities into each and every moment of life. It is through this deity that SPH teaches how to manifest any desired reality through deep bhakti (devotion) and thyaga (blissful sacrifice). In 1981, as He was just three years old, when offering naivedhyam (food offering) to Ganesha, the young Incarnation decided not to eat, sleep or even move until His beloved deity partook His food offering. Responding to His intense devotion, Ganesha, the Lord who holds the divine joy in His hands as modhaka (mudhakaraatha modhakah), appeared in front of SPH and ate the food offered to him. At that moment, Ganesha incarnated in the form of the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism, as the fruition of His penance and thenceforth, that tapas itself started serving the whole world with the science of enlightenment (sadā vimukthi-sadhakah). For this very reason, any spiritual seeker can experience this same transcendental experience of Ganesha just by listening or reading about his divine Manifestation in the life of SPH. Today, millions are initiated into this same power of manifesting Ganesha and demonstrating this science the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism has revived. #ganesha #hindu #hinduritual #nithyananda #jayanti #nithyanandotsava