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Ganesh and Kumar - Legend for Mt Kailash (18th February, 2009)

Mount Kailash lies in Tibet, it is known as the holly mount according to Nepali and Hindu legend, the god shiva and Parbati live in Mt Kailash according to Nepali and hindu concept because Mt kailash is a srine peak according to Nepali legend so sevaral hindu or some other non hindu Nepalise are going to the Mt Kailash every year. It's height is 6714m. Here is a lengend story for Mt Kailash.

The God shiva and his wife(Parbati) were living in the sacred mount Kailash, they have had two sons namely Ganesh and Kumar it is said.

Ganesh was older son and Kumar was younger. Ganesh was intelligent obedient and loyal to the all, but Kumar was arrogant spoil and restless therefore he was doing lots of faults. (actually shiva is a god of peace, he always sits on the bull's back and travels around, the bull is the vehicle of god shiva), so that sometimes Kumar was teasing to Ganesh because Ganesh have had a small mice than pheasant. The mice was not able to carry Ganesh. One day Kumar did a lot of wrong behave to Ganesh, and Kumar tried to fight with Ganesh but ganesh did not. There after Ganesh became very sorry from Kumar, so he took that case to their parents.

The case was about who is doing well and bad, the god shiva had to judge of that case, the case made shiva sad and serious because of his sons quarreling, he thought pretty well then called his both sons to the god’s court, Ganesh and Kumar presented there according to shiva's instruction, there after shiva said to them that both of you must go around the Mt.Kailash and must be return back here as fast as each other, he will be a good and right person who can be return back here first.

Kumar became a happy when he heard from shiva because he could go fast around kailash flying by pheasant but wasn't possible to go around kailash for Ganesh because the mice was not strong enough to take Ganesh there. Kumar flew to the Mt kailash as soon as shiva instructed them to go, but Ganesh didn't go rather he stood in front of shiva and said to his parents I am so proud to be your son so that I don't think that Mt.kailash is important and bigger than my parents, Mt kailash is a small thing compare of my parents according to my opinion it might be a greater for you but only my parents are greater thing for me, that's why I don't leave my parents rather I always ready to serve of my parents. My parents are as Mt kailash for me. Ganesh's reply made shiva happy very much, when he heard Ganesh, meanwhile Kumar come back there from kailash and he show Ganesh in same place where he had left Ganesh before, then Kumar said to Ganesh hi are you still here? I already been to around Kailash do you know? Kumar asked to Ganesh then Shiva said, Hey Kumar you should not say that to your brother Ganesh, now Ganesh has won competition because he been to the Kailash many step before than you. That is his parents, the parents are the greatest thing for him, parents never be small than Kailash and parents never be smaller than other things for the person who knows the importance of parents, Ganesh knows that, that's why he always being around us. We are the Mt Kailash according to Ganesh. It is not necessary to go that far to get Mt kailash for the person who understands the importance of parents, Ganesh has understood that ethic or moral but you only understood that might is right and enough. This judgment made Kumar surprised and frustrated, then he confessed his faults.