Sankashti Chaturthi Mandal
As the Ganesha Purana's account moves into the Dvapara Yuga, Shree Ganesh's third great incarnation, Gajanana, takes shape — four-armed, red-complexioned, and distinguished among the four avatars as the one who rides the mouse.
A Vahana for Each Age
Across the four incarnations, each age receives its own distinctive mount: Mahotkata associated with the lion of the Krita Yuga, Mayuresvara with the peacock of the Treta Yuga, and now Gajanana with the small, humble mouse that would carry him through the trials of the Dvapara Yuga.
A Mount Already Known
This mouse mount connects directly to the widely told account of Krauncha, the Gandharva cursed into a giant, destructive rat and gently subdued and lightened by Shree Ganesh — the very origin story behind the small vahana Gajanana now carries into this new age.
What Devotees Seek
Gajanana's mouse completes a pattern devotees find quietly meaningful: that across every age, however different its dangers, Shree Ganesh has always ridden into it upon a mount matched precisely to what that age required of him.