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Festival story · 3 tellings · contested

Ganesha curses the Moon

The Moon laughs at Ganesha and is cursed, which is why the moon is not looked at on Ganesh Chaturthi; the Syamantaka story is the remedy; Mithila worships the moon that night.

Ganesha, Soma, Kubera, Kartikeya

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