Gana means group. Isha means lord or ruler. Ganesha means the lord or ruler of groups. In the universe, everything exists in groups. Devas as Vasugna, Rudragana, Adityagana. Matter as solids, liquids, gas. Time as past, present, and future. Groups of men, groups of men, groups of trees, groups of birds, groups of buildings. The lord or ruler of all such groups is Ganesha.
Their father was Vishwakarma. Their mother was an apsara called Ghritachi. Vishwakarma had become a vanara due to a curse by Ritadhwja Muni. Nala and Neela were the architects of Rama Setu, the bridge that the vanara sena built to cross over to Lanka.
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ॐ श्रीहनुमद्देवतायै नमः
om shreehanumaddevataayai namah'
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