A power called 'Ganapati'

The festival of Ganeshotsav brings to my home an idol of a great god , maharashtra's favourite and most worshipped gods.....Ganapati.
Whether a standing, sitting or a lying idol of ganapati never fails to impress me....there is something in that somewhat 'hefty' figure that makes you feel........'.euphoric' at the very sight of the idol (there is no other word for it!!)
From the stories we've heard about Lord ganesh as kids......we all know that he could be as big, as powerful, as intelligent, as pious, as noble, as 'cheeky', as we can imagine any Lord to be!!!
Last, but not the least i cannot imagine how he could have so many 'modaks' in one sitting, neither can i imagine the greatness of a certain Lord 'mouse' who carried him on his back!!!
Believe me, once you immerse the Ganesh idol in the sea and when you come back to the place where the idol was kept, its hard to get over that very 'empty' feeling caused by the idol's absence!! The ganeshotsav at my place is over since its only for 1 1/2 days but then ill try to see all the big ganapati idols in town!!!