I made this doodle of Ganesh on his birthday which also fell on Labor Day.  I found out that Ganesh was a todler made from turmeric and had his head cut off by the god Shiva.  He was brought back to life when his head was replaced by using an elephant’s head.  Another part of Ganesh’s story was that the moon made fun of Ganesh’s appearance and that Ganesh’s mother, the god Parvati was angered by the moon.  Parvati banished the moon forever, however the moon apologized and Parvati lightened the sentence by having the moon bow down in shame during Ganesh’s birthday.  On Ganesh Chaturthi (his birthday festival) it is customary to not look at the moon or you will get bad luck and to eat sweets and corn.