Om Gan Ganpataye Namo Namah

sandeep kommineni
Jul 20, 2017 · 1 min read

This is the mul mantra of Lord Ganesh (also called Ganapathi, Vinayaka, Vigneshwar). Om gan Ganpataye Namo Namah mantra is said to have the power to remove all evil and obstacles.

Om Gan Ganpataye Namo Namah

Origin of the mantra

This mantra was first mentioned in Ganapati Atharvashirsha. Ganapati Atharvashirsha is said to have been written by Atharva Rishi after he had the darshan of Ganpati.

What does it mean?

Om Gan Ganapataye Namah means the devotee bows/ offers salutations to the Lord of the World.

How to pronounce it?

There are quite a few ways over how this mantra should be written, especially its second word ‘gam’. And various authorities stress over different pronunciations.

Here are some ways of pronunciation:

Om gan ganapataye namah

Om gam ganapataye namah

Om gung ganapataye namah

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