Why an Elephant head to lord Ganesha, Why not of other animals?
In Hinduism, Lord Ganesha has elephant head, he is the deity, who is worshiped first before any ceremony and any other gods and goddesses. We know the story why and how the head of Ganesha was chopped and replaced with an elephant head by his father, Lord Shiva. Why lord Shiva replaced the head of impertinent Ganesha with the head of an elephant, why not of other animals or head of any other human? No mythological story exist without any logic. What is the logic behind this head replacement? The chopping of the head and replacing with the elephant head is the significance of the replacing your thought with the bigger one. Lord Ganesha could not recognize his father and fought with his father. It is the indication of ignoring the divinity. In order to make lord Ganesha a divine one, he replaced his head with bigger and intelligent one. Again, why elephant head? For that, let us understand the brain of an elephant. The brain of the elephant is the biggest brain among all livin...