We offers Ganesh puja/yagyan.This Pooja is performed before starting some auspicious work and for removing obstacles and to dilute the negative forces.Lord Ganesha- the elephant deity riding a mouse- is the son of Shiva and Parvati.He is considered to be the Lord of success and destroyer of evil forces and obstacles. His head which has got the elephant like countenance symboloises the soul or Atman and His human body signifies the earthly existence or Maya.
