Thirty-two forms of Ganesha are mentioned frequently in devotional literature related to the Hindu god Ganesha (Ganapati). The first sixteen of the forms of Gaṇapati shown [in the Sritattvanidhi] are more popularly worshipped under the name shodasa-gaṇapati. Among them, the thirteenth, viz. Mahaganapati, is especially widely worshipped. Bala Ganapati Bala Ganapati is "the Childlike" God of