Ashta Vinayakas

"... one has to understand how it is so important in Maharashtra that people worship Ganesha. As you know there are Ashta Vinayakas, eight Ganeshas are there, around this area, and this triangle of Maharashtra, which has got on one side one big mountain. On the other side we have another mountain, which, of course, is not in Maharashtra. And also on top we have another mountain. So like a triangle, which is made like a Mooladhara, means the Kundalini itself. So the Kundalini of the whole world resides in this area. That's why it is called, we should say, as Maharashtra, is the country which is very great, the nation which is very great.

(H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Shri Ganesha Puja, Sheri, near Pune, Maharashtra, India, 15/12/91)