Ganesha is worshipped as the Supreme Being (Para Brahman) in this sect. Being the chief deity in this form of Hinduism, he is known by the epithet Parameshwara (Supreme God), which is normally reserved for Shiva.

Every year, people wait with great anticipation to celebrate the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. And like always, we also hope that this year too, the Remover of Obstacles will shower us with his blessings and wipe out all the struggles from our life.

A lesser known story from the Brahma Vaivarta Purana narrates version of Ganesha's birth. On the insistence of Shiva, Parvati fasted for years (punyaka vrata) to propitiate Vishnu so that he would grant her a son. Vishnu, after the completion of the sacrifice, announced that he would incarnate himself as her son in every kalpa (eon). Accordingly, Ganesha was born to Parvati as a charming infant. This event was celebrated with great enthusiasm and all the gods were invited to take a look at the baby. However Shani (Saturn), the son of Surya, hesitated to look at the baby since Shani was cursed with the gaze of destruction. Shani came to a decision and looked at the goddess Parvati's baby from the edge of his left eye. However Parvati insisted that he look at the baby, which Shani did, and immediately the infant's head fell off. Seeing Shiva and Parvati grief-stricken, Vishnu mounted on Garuda, his divine eagle, and rushed to the banks of the Pushpa-Bhadra river, from where he brought back the head of a young elephant. The head of the elephant was joined with the headless body of Parvati's son, thus reviving him. The infant was named Ganesha and all the Gods blessed Ganesha and wished Him power and prosperity

Titwala is believed to be the putative site of the hermitage of sage Kanva, foster parent of Shakuntala who was born here.  The Siddhivinayaka Mahaganapati temple built by Shakuntala with the stated legendary background was submerged under a tank. During the rule of the Peshwa Madhavrao I, to resolve the drought situation in the town, the tank was de-silted to provide drinking water to the town. It was during the de-silting operations that the temple was found buried. The image of god Ganesha was found by Peshwa sardar Ramchandra Mehendale buried in the silt. Soon thereafter, the renovation of the temple was undertaken and a stone temple was built. Peshwa Madhavrao I consecrated the ancient Ganesha image in this new temple, after the conquest of Vasai fort.

(Hibiscus) This is a favourite of all flowers of Lord Ganesha and is called Japakusuma in Sanskrit. It is offered for over-all prosperity and destruction of enemies. The nature of Hibiscus flower is  raja-sattva. Thus, the petals emit divine energy (Shakti) and divine consciousness (Chaitanya).

Bappa’s other favourite flowers are​

*   Kunda, Downy Jasmine : They are called nithya mullai and grow all throughout the year. It is offered for family unity.

*   Gokarna or Clitoria Ternatea (Blue) Gokarna  : is offered for blessings of early marriage.

*   Marigold In India it also called that Genda , Zendu or Chendumalli. :  It is a flowers offered for good health.

*   Shevanti, Chrysanthemum (Yellow) :  These tiny yellow flowers are offered to remove evil eyes, bad effects of adverse forces.

*   Parijata or Pavizhamalli : It is also known as coral Jasmine and is a flower which blooms only in the night. It sheds its petals in the day. It has a unique smell and is very delicate. It is offered so that the children do well in their life.

The last incarnation to defeat demon Ahamkarasur, the demon of self-infatuation. It is said that the deity Sun is responsible to have created this demon. One day the Sun sneezed and out of it was born a demon. He went down to the world of Asuras and Sukracharya gave him the name Aham on account of his birth from the ego of the Sun. Then Ganesha appeared in form of Dhumravarna and destroyed the demon of Ego or Ahamkara.