{"id":206,"date":"2017-06-15T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:42:22","slug":"chapter-5-gods-and-goddesses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/a-hundred-autumns-to-live\/chapter-5-gods-and-goddesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 5: Gods and Goddesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter 5: Gods and Goddesses<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ganesha<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-206 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"537\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-ganesha.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-ganesha.jpg 537w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-ganesha-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-ganesha-200x298.jpg 200w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-ganesha-300x447.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-207'>\n\t\t\t\tGanesha in a Hindu temple, Cape Town, South Africa.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-ganesha1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-ganesha1.jpg 544w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-ganesha1-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-ganesha1-200x294.jpg 200w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-ganesha1-300x441.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-208'>\n\t\t\t\tGanesha from Cambodia late 12th-early 13th centuries.\nMusee Guimet, Paris.\nMay 2001\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Melmaruvathur<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-206 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-melmaruvathur1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-melmaruvathur1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-melmaruvathur1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-melmaruvathur1-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-melmaruvathur1-200x135.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-209'>\n\t\t\t\tBangaru Adigalar is considered to be both a devotee and divine teacher. \nThis billboard hails him as having the form of a mother.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-melmaruvathur2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-melmaruvathur2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-melmaruvathur2-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-melmaruvathur2-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-melmaruvathur2-200x135.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-melmaruvathur3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-melmaruvathur3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/ch5-melmaruvathur3-300x206.jpg 300w, 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