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Why Celebrate Ganesha Chathurthi?
I spoke the word "xenotransplantation" to the world while teaching a first-year undergraduate class in 1991 — almost 35 years ago. Today, my student Dr. Madeswaran wished me a happy Ganesha Chaturthi and thanked me for making those classes so interesting.
This made me ask my AMMAGENOMICS employees: why do we celebrate these festivals? Are they superstitious rituals, or do they symbolically remind us of the responsibilities within our profession?
Bill Gates, in his recent essay on Gates Notes, warns that the biggest shift for workers will come when AI reaches near error-free performance — at which point it can function on its own without a human checking in on it, and companies will have every economic incentive to let it. He's especially concerned for young people, who are entering a workforce with far fewer entry-level openings, since they are the ones most exposed to this shift. When human qualities — responsibility, gratitude, honesty, relationships, and trust — decline, this shift accelerates, and it could eventually erode humanity's relevance altogether.
This is the symbolic story behind why Ganesha's human head was severed by his own creator, his father. He lost consciousness of his true purpose — enjoying life without understanding responsibility. So his head was replaced, transplanted with an elephant's head. Why an elephant?
First: listening. The elephant's large ears represent a quality we neglect — we don't listen enough to others.
Second: hard work. Unlike other animals, the elephant's "hand" is its trunk — evolved not as legs but as an instrument of labor. Whether lifting a tiny needle or a massive log, the trunk must work constantly, even to eat. This conveys that we too must labor for what sustains us.
Together, these qualities — responsibility and gratitude — are what Ganesha represents. Gratitude, especially, toward those who gave us our first opportunity. Just as a movie star owes lasting gratitude to the director or producer who gave them their very first break — the person who took a chance before there was any track record to justify it — a fresher owes the same gratitude to the employer who gave them their first job. That first opportunity carries special weight because it was given on trust and potential alone, with no proof yet of the person's worth. Every opportunity that follows builds on the foundation that first "yes" made possible. Forgetting that first source of opportunity is to be disconnected from one's own origin, much like the ego-driven Ganesha before his transformation. Without this gratitude, we create disharmony and set the stage for our own decline.
This mirrors how creation itself works: the archive of data — the father, Shiva, as seed — meets the processing system that expresses it — the mother, Sakthi, as egg — the interpreter that brings the archive to life. But Sakthi, as energy, doesn't simply exist; her nature requires manifestation through spatial and temporal relationships — she is the force that must take shape in space and time to become expressed reality. This is symbolized by Vishnu, Sakthi's brother and Ganesha's maternal uncle. Vishnu, representing the mathematical structuring of space and time, is the one who carries out the actual transformation — bringing the elephant head that re-forms Ganesha. So the family relationship itself carries the symbolism: Shiva is the source code, Sakthi is the energy that must be expressed through space and time, and Vishnu — the mathematical principle — is the mechanism that executes that expression.
If life is lived only in pursuit of pleasure, disconnected from consciousness of this deeper structure — of source, energy, and the order that governs their manifestation — it breeds wars, conflict, unhappiness, and a refusal to listen or change.
The only remedy, symbolically, is to sever the ignorant, ego-driven head and replace it with a larger one — big ears to listen, small eyes to focus, and a versatile trunk to labor and provide. The elephant head is said to have come from Airavata, Indra's elephant — and Indra represents the five senses. The message of Ganesha Chaturthi, then, is that the senses must be brought under control, and life must be lived with responsibility.
Today's youth are focused on comfort — which isn't inherently wrong — but often without hard work, responsibility, gratitude, honesty, trust, or genuine communication. These are the qualities we must cultivate. Otherwise, as Bill Gates warns, we risk being replaced by artificial intelligence.
(Reference: www.uni5.co , www.010FEET.com, Bill Gates, "The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we make now are critical," Gates Notes, August 2026.)
Pradheep Chhalliyil 14 Sept, 2026
Vinayagar Chathurthi [above 6 age] Today in my Chennai school I presented the concept of Ganesa to grade 5 children based on Vinayagar Chathurthi - 2014 [August 29th]. See the live decoding made by children. Me: Please do not bring all our mythology stories here now, try to think in a very natural way. Try to think and decode the symbols used in our idols. Why Ganesa has an elephant head? Elephant is the largest animal on Earth with greatest physical strength. So man likes to process the strong physical energy to survive on Earth. Meena: But blue whale is bigger? Me: Ancestors have used symbols related from nature which is being seen by many people. Meena: Yes, now I can understand we can’t see whale easily and many also cannot see. Me: Good! Then why this God must have a human body? Dev: Human beings are the most intellectual beings in living organism. Meena: They are having the sixth sense and in Tamil we have classified as ''Uyar thinai'' - the most evolved beings. Me: So we need both intellectual and physical strength. Can anyone say why his ears are considered very special? Similarly try to decode his broken tusk and modhakam? Kavin: broken tusk [they spoke about Mahabaratha documentation]. To save his time he broke his tusk and wrote the epic. Me: What it conveys? Kavin: I must not waste my time and I should be able to compromise with many things if I need to achieve any target. He lost his beautiful tusk, but he was successful in writing the epic. [We related this with players, film stars etc] Devi: Modak is happiness. Me: Rice is covering a ball of candy. Candy is happiness and rice shell is our mind. Our happiness is with the mind not with the materials. [we spoke many examples from their life] Mary: I can’t understand the ear concept. Me: His ears represent the importance of focused class listening and wisdom gained through satsang. Kavin: His trunk shows the need to have mental courage to live. Meena: What about his rat? Me: Rat is very small, but it can bite and spoil a great network of wires, imagine a rat inside a computer lab? [all laughed] Rat shows that we must not under estimate any one with their size [கடுகு சிறுத்தாலும் காரம் சிறுக்காது, ஆளப் பார்த்து எடை போடாதே] Ganesa is the initial thought process within our mind. He is the energy of mooladara chakra [nerves] so it is very important to have a very first thought in most positive way. Few: Now we can understand why he is being worshipped as first God. Surya brought his note book in which he has figured out the mark of Ganesa [Pillaiyar suzhi]
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Rahu Kethu planets – Uni5 presentation to grade 6 children
Rahu and Ketu are the Moon's two orbital nodes — the points where the Moon's path crosses the ecliptic (the Sun's path). They drift backward around the zodiac, and that drift is genuine astronomy: the precession of the lunar nodes.
The number, derived. The node's circuit follows 1/T_node = 1/T_draconic − 1/T_sidereal. With the draconic month (Moon back to the same node) = 27.21222 d and the sidereal month (Moon back to the same star) = 27.32166 d:
1/27.21222 − 1/27.32166 = 0.0001472 per day → T_node = 6,793.5 days = 18.5996 years.
That is exactly the ~18.6-year Rahu/Ketu cycle.
The caution. 18.6 years is not the eclipse-repeat cycle. Eclipses recur on the Saros, because 223 synodic months almost equal 242 draconic months:
223 × 29.53059 d = 6,585.32 d and 242 × 27.21222 d = 6,585.36 d — agreeing to within an hour, so Sun, Moon and node realign and a near-identical eclipse returns. That is 6,585.3 days = 18.03 years (18 y 11 d) — a different cycle that only resembles 18.6 by coincidence.
So: the 18.6-year nodal regression (6,793.5 d) sets where the nodes sit, and hence where and when eclipses can occur; the Saros (6,585.3 d, 18 y 11 d) sets how often a given eclipse repeats. Rahu and Ketu track the former, not the latter.
Today I have presented Rahu-Kethu concept to grade 6 in Uni5 style. Based on Vinayagar Chathurthi celebration I wished to do this after our school poojas in Madras. Teacher: Have you seen 2 snakes to the left and right of Vinayagar? Children: Yes, they are cobras, naagaas. Manu: Even he has tied a snake at his waist. Teacher: Can we think why our ancestors have made such setting in their graphics of idol making? First they are Rahu and Kethu. [all started recollecting Navagrahas lesson and I crisply narrated how these shadow planets were created during Amritha madhanam] Now I want someone to say why they are called shadow planets. Rahul: A snake has been chopped into 2 half. Head and tail piece cannot be a snake separately. Tail is follower of head like our won shadow.
Teacher: You are extremely right. Head is being followed with tail and tail is always leaded by head of the creature. Rahu is the head part, Kethu is the tail part. These 2 are our thought processes. Let me give an example. When I announce a project if Hema looks into it with a good motive attitude and starts working well her project will have a good result. Do you agree? All: yes...yes! Teacher: Imagine if Balu is so lazy and hates this project. All laughed and made many comments of their age. Then my grading for his project will be very less. His very first negative attitude made him to get that low grade. When our thought process in very clear, good, positive it is Rahu in strong position. Lallu: Sir, Balu is so negative and his Rahu is weak.
Teacher: Yes all are correct. When you have positive Rahu, Kethu will be having a good clubbing with it. That means the result is good. If your Rahu is weak then Kethu will be also week. Now you say why these 2 planets - nature of mind is being placed with Ganesa. Kumar: Ganesa is the mooladhara - main source of initiation energy. So that energy controls these to processes. Correct! We pray to Ganesa when we are weak in mind and actions. He directs the Rahu Kethu inside us and makes us perfect.
Dev: Sir, what is Rahu swallowing Sun and moon? It is the eclipse depicted in Indian pattern. Sun is the awareness and Moon is the mind. Many children: Haa, we can say, when we does not think well with intellect and awareness Rahu has swallowed our Sun and when we are very sad, gloomy Rahu has swallowed our Moon. Good! In Tamil Nadu in many places we can see parikaaras for Rahu Kethu. Thiru Nageshwaram near Kumbakonam and Keel perum pallam near Poompuhar are Rahu - Kethu shrines.
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Concept of Solar family
This got presented in grade 6, in Chennai school where I work in 2014. I have documented the real show of the session after the class. This will make every one to understand that children can imbibe any ting which we give. It is our ego that says children does not like this and that.
I presented the solar family in Tamil language. I gave the names of all planets in Tamil and Sanskrith. Children asked a question by them self why we need to worship planets as ''navagrahas'' in temples.
That concept I will talk later.
Few students asked why navagrahas are placed in various forms, color codings, directions and I just kindled their thinking skill with one explanation.
Sun is placed at the center facing Eat in all temples. Why?
Raju: I can say. Sun raises in the East and Sun is the leader of solar family.
Teacher: What do you mean by leader here?
Raju: Sun is the main source of energy to all beings.
Mala: Sir, now I can say why moon is placed just facing the sun in temples. Moon emits the light which is being observed from Sun. Moon depend upon sun.
Suresh: Human life is based on Sun and moon. So in all Shiva temples we can see sun and moon at the inner etrance of the shrine.
Teacher: Good! Now you try to say why the planets have been installed in various directions?
Raju: They all have variation in their distance with sun.
Uma: They are placed around the sun. Because they all revolve aroun the sun.
Kumar: Their orbitary position also differs.
Teacher: It is correct. Try to talk about Saturn.
Mala: Saturn is very powerful. It looks different wih its red ring. So this has been depicted as his scarf around his eyes.
Teacher: Yes, Saturn is the judge for all our actions. So his eyes were tied with eye folder as ''darma devatha''
Raju: Jupiter is very big in size by nature. So Guru - Viyaazhan - is Jupiter, Guru is great.
Uma: Sir, Venus looks so beautiful and it is Sukra who is the energy for wealth, love, beauty.
Raju: Sir, why our Indians have not added Earth?
Uma: Earth is depicted as female energy. She is BhooDevi, Vishnu's wife.
Teacher: Even Mars is being color coded with red.
Uma: Yes, now I can remember, my grand father used to offer reddish arali flowers to Mars in temples. Mars looks reddish.
Teacher: Like this, each planet has grains, vehicles, colors and weapons. We will decode them later.
Children have shared this at home. Few of them went and observed local temples for navagrahas.
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Vinayagar worship in Tamil Nadu
7th century A.D
Thiru chengaatang kudi is a very fertile village near Mayavaram.
Paranjothy who was just 12 years old left the village with his mother's blessings towards Kanchipuram - the city of great wisdom.
He was fatherless and his mother wanted him to be a great scholar in Tamil and Shivism.
He was supposed to join under the great saint singer Appar's mut.
His father and ancestors were great brave elephant warriors under Chola Empire.
They made many to die and them self and died.
Paranjothy's mother wanted a transformation of peace and selftualism in the family.
But Paranjothy's previous birth actions [karmas] made him to save the Pallava prince from a wild elephant and became his close friend.
He learned war lessons and martial arts and appointed as army general under Pallava dynasty.
Pallavas faced a horrible war with Pulikesi 2 in Vathabi city of Gujarath. The war took place for 1 year.
Paranjothy saw a different looking God at the fort gate of Vathabi city and came to know that the God will remove all obstacles.
He also prayed to him that he will take him and install in a fresh temple in Tamil Nadu if he wins the war.
Pallavas defeated the northern empire and by that time tragedy and lessons gave by mother transformed Paranjothy's mind into peace, spiritual and he want to have a change.
He resigned his army general post and just took the idol of Vadhapi gate and left to his village where he erected a bifg shrine for Shiva along with this new looking God. He named it as ''Ganapateeshwaram''
This idol of Ganesa is the very first Ganesa in Tamil Nadu brought by Paranjothy in 7th century A.D.
Today also we can see the shrine in the village which is being praised by Appar and Sambandhar.
Later Muthu Samy Deekshidar sang the famous ''Vadhaapi Ganapathim baje''
When Marati kings ruled Tamil country from Tanjore, Vainayagar worship has been accepted by every one and today we can see plenty of Ganapathy in this state.