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Happy Ganesh Chaturthi! Today is the day that Lord Ganesha is revered. Lord Ganesha is also called the Obstacle Remover God. And most people think of it as a very superficial obstacle remover—"Oh, remove the obstacles in my life," and something like this. But no, Ganesha is the obstacle remover at every level.

In fact, Ganesha is the obstacle remover for this thought to come. He is the obstacle remover for this thought to manifest into these words. He is the obstacle remover for this hands to move. At every step, he is the obstacle remover. You know, in chemistry there is this thing called activation energy. Unless the activation energy is transcended, the reaction does not happen. Ganesha is the facilitator of the transcendence of the activation energy at every level.

In fact, Ganesha is the obstacle remover for even this universe to manifest. Without Ganesha, this universe cannot manifest, which is why he is the first revered. प्रथम तुला वंदितो! First, I bow down to you, Ganesha, because without you, nothing moves. This dude—he is the originator of this line: "हम जहां खड़े होते हैं, लाइन वहीं से शुरू होती है।" This is the guy. If he doesn't enable things to happen, nothing moves.

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi! Bye!