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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on September 19, 2012.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Tantric Japanese form of the Hindu Ganesha"God of Bliss" – depicted as an elephant-headed human couple in a sexual embrace, represents the unity of opposites?

Main page for the Buddhist Ganesh/Ganapati/Vināyaka

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I intend to expand this page a bit, and make it the main page for Ganapati for all Buddhist traditions, so that, like with some other deities, there is a page for the Hindu Ganesh and the Buddhist one. With that being the case, I have changed the name to the Sanskrit Vināyaka. Since this page also discusses Amoghavajra, Chinese texts, Tibetan Vajrayana, and so forth, it makes more sense to have the original Sanskrit name, instead of the Japanese name of the deity. Javier F.V.

Javier F.V., suggest we retain this article as Kangiten (revert back the name change) and create 1 more article on Ganesha in Buddhism. The Japanese double-bodied Kangiten with secretive worship is different from the Tantric dancing Ganapati of Tibet; iconographically and philosophically. --Redtigerxyz Talk 05:29, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, I guess it makes sense, since we have Avalokiteshvara and Guanyin, as an example. I will try to make one when I have time Javier F.V. 15:27, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Will move the article back to Kangiten and start splitting into Ganesha in Buddhism. Redtigerxyz Talk 12:05, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]