It is called Ganesha, "Lord of success and destroyer of evils and obstacles.".    From Wordnik.com.  [WISTV - Local News RSS] Reference

First off, the style of your story "Ganesha" style feels very different from your other stories.    From Wordnik.com.  [May 2010] Reference

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jeffrey Ford Talks About 'Ganesha'.    From Wordnik.com.  [May 2010] Reference

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jeffrey Ford Talks About 'Ganesha' ».    From Wordnik.com.  [Darth Vader Can Give You Driving Directions] Reference

« EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jeffrey Ford Talks About 'Ganesha'.    From Wordnik.com.  [MIND MELD: The Best Spaceships in Written Science Fiction] Reference

SF Signal: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jeffrey Ford Talks About 'Ganesha'.    From Wordnik.com.  [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jeffrey Ford Talks About 'Ganesha'] Reference

Vinayaka is the name of Ganesha in the golden age.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference

Ganesha is the power of knowledge, success and fulfillment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference

"There's Ganesha," Furlotti said, more to Martin than to me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stephen Gyllenhaal: An Elephant in the Room?] Reference

Just a harmless hobby, making statues of Ganesha, I suppose.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Horton: Hobby horse] Reference

They have a Ganesha statue on the outside of their ship now.    From Wordnik.com.  ["In the words of the prophet Jerematic..."] Reference

He founded the temple and called this Ganesha: Varada-Vinayak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference

Brahma, Vishnu, Shiwa and Ganesha, who adore the great Universal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference

The (Ganesha) lord of hosts, the master of hosts, the powerful one.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Concert of Names of Manjushri] Reference

Ganesha Mantras are known as Siddhi Mantra the one with perfection.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference

Ganesha Mantra, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference

Bana, when Kartikeya, Ganesha, and Siva and Chandi come to his succour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales from the Hindu Dramatists] Reference

(And I'm not even pondering if Ganesha mousepads violates any sacred cows.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Sandip Roy: Joel Stein and the Curry Problem] Reference

Idols of Riddhi and Siddhi are placed on the two sides of the Ganesha idol.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference

Ganesha Temple Alibagh, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ganesha Temple Alibagh « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1] Reference

The right-sided-trunk Ganesha is supposed to be very strict for the devotees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference

Ganesha has many other titles and epithets, including Ganapati and Vigneshvara.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference

CT: In your afterword, you mentioned how you had some trepidation tackling Ganesha.    From Wordnik.com.  [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jeffrey Ford Talks About 'Ganesha'] Reference

Modaks are a special treat made at the festival honoring Ganesha, the elephant-god.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-12-01] Reference

Grutsamad after getting cursed went to the forest of Pushpak and worshipped Ganesha.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference

Ganesha Workshops Bandra West, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference

“Aha!” cried Ganesha, when the aroma reached him, his trunk twitching in delight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chocolate gounache ganache Ganesh | clusterflock] Reference

Shiva is believed to have worshipped Ganesha before fighting the demon Tripurasura here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference

Durga Puja includes the worships of Shiva, Lakshmi, Ganesha, Saraswati and Kartikeya also.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference

It is believed that Parvati Shiva's wife performed penance to beget Ganesha at this point.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference

Ganesha is said to reside here in the form of Varada Vinayaka, the giver of bounty and success.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference

This form of Ganesha also has two other murtis of Siddhi (Capability) and Buddhi (Intelligence).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference

It is believed that mantras of Ganesha, when chanted with genuine devotion, give positive results.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference

He listened to the night sounds again, praying to Ganesha that there were no others out on the river.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

From MA:, then an axe, comes a Ganesha, a Lord of Bountiful Stores, white, with one face and four arms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Abbreviated Kalachakra Body, Speech, and Mind Sadhana] Reference