Jal Vinayaka Temple

    The Jal Vinayaka temple, dedicated to Ganesh, is located six km from Kathmandu, near the Chobar defile of the Bagmati, where a suspension-bridge for pedestrians, built in the early 20th century, cross the river. Ganesha, also known as Jal Vinayaka (the prominent leader), is the elephant-headed Hindu god of wisdom, literature and worldly success.

    Ganesha is one of the most popularly worshiped forms of divinity - as a remover of obstacles and the embodiment of good luck, in the Hindu system of beliefs and practices. Ganesh is known (by various names in different parts of Nepal and India and on different occasions) as the Remover of Obstacles, the god of domestic harmony and of success.
He is the most beloved and revered of all the Hindu gods, and is always invoked first in any Hindu ceremony or festival.

    Ganesha is represented as a short, pot-bellied man with an elephant’s head with one tusk, four arms and a yellow skin. His vehicle is a tiny mouse. In his hand he holds a conch shell, a discus, a club/axe and a lotus. Ganesha, also called Ganapati, is a god of wisdom, prudence and salvation.