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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | Ganesha Chaturthi | PBS

Duration: 02:43
Program: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly #804
Broadcast Date: Sep. 24, 2004

Hindus honor thousands of deities, and every Hindu has a favorite god, but Ganesha is "a god that is chosen by almost everybody because he is the remover of obstacles," says Professor S. N. Shridhar.

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