Ganesha is fond of a particular sweet called Modaka. Modaka is a steamed dumpling made of rice flour dough containing jaggery and coconut and sesame.
The shape and constitute of Modaka is very significant. It looks like a bag of money, similar to one carried by Kuber, treasurer of the gods. Thus, is it a symbol of wealth, and all the sweet pleasures that wealth gives man.
It is also shaped like an upward pointing triangle, which, in Tantrik art, represents spiritual reality, in contrast to the downward pointing triangle which represents material reality.
Thus the Modaka has the aesthetics and flavor of material reality but the geometry of spiritual reality.
Source: Excerpts from the Book on "99 Thoughts on GANESHA" by Devdutt Pataanik
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