This is a 4.2 quart tupperware container, with cammo. The
coordinates are accurate to about 21 feet.
Please Note: The owner of this cache is not Hindu and
doesn't herself have any kind of Indian cultural background. This
cache is meant to draw attention to an accidental shrine that is
both strange and beautiful in this Berkeley setting. This cache is
placed here with full respect for those who use this as a sacred
site. The cache is not right at the shrine, so you don't need to
disturb anyone who might happen to be there putting a lei or
sno-globe or piece of fruit out for Ganesha.
About Ganesha and His Festival: From: http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa083000a.htm
The Lord of Success The son of Shiva and Parvati,
Ganesha has an elephantine face with a curved trunk and big ears,
and a huge pot-bellied body of a human being. He is the Lord of
success and destroyer of evils and obstacles. He is also worshipped
as the god of education, knowledge, wisdom and wealth. Ganesha is
one of the five prime Hindu deities (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and
Durga being the other four). The devotees of Ganesha are known
as 'Ganapatyas', and the festival to celebrate and glorify him is
called Ganesh Chaturthi.
Loads more info on Ganesha and His Festival: From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha
Ganesh Chaturthi is the birth anniversary of Ganesha. The
festival celebrating Ganesha's birth is called Ganeshotsav and
is observed in the Hindu calendar month of Bhaadrapada, starting
on the shukla chaturthi (fourth day of the waxing moon period).
This typically comes sometime between 20th of August and 15th of
September.
The cache is starting out stocked with:
- A brass monkey (Hanuman?) treasure box with an Indian-coin
keychain inside - a real treasure for the First to Find!
- Logbook, Pen
- 4 Ganesha Postcards
- A Thai Coin &
- A Lightstick
The cache is wheelchair accessible up to about the last few
paces.