How the green grass (Arugam pullu) became the favourite of Lord Ganesha                            


  Here is a story  which tells us the importance of green grass.Once there was a kingdom called Mithilapuri.The King Janakamaharajan ruled the kingdom well.He used to feed the people whoever comes to him.But he had a bad nature that he never used to believe in God.
                             Lord Ganesha wanted to test the king.So he came in disguise of a poor Brahmin with lepersy disease all over his body  in a very bad condition.The king saw the brahmin and asked his son to feed the brahmin.The brahmin was given lots of food ,but that was not sufficient to satisfy his hunger.
                               The King was not knowing how to please the Brahmin. So he told him politely to go to some other house where he could satisfy his hunger. So the Brahmin enters a poor man"s house and ask  the couple there who were doing puja to give him food.  The couple were feeling bad as they had nothing other than the green grass which they offered  Lord Ganesha.The Brahmin asked them to give that to him as he chewed the grass his hunger disappeared.
 
                          The poor man and wife came to know that was Ganesha himself who came there.They got his vision.and were showered with wealth.Meanwhile the whole kingdom was becoming prosperous.The king came in search of the Brahmin and saw that was really Lord Ganesh who came to him to test him as he was not believing in God.Lord Ganesha told the king that to him even the green grass given with affection is more than enough than rich food.The king realeased his mistake and there after started believing in God.
 
       Hi Ilanders this story is from Vinayaka pooranam.