When Sita came of age her father Janak invited several contestants from all over to break a stone of 25 quintals with a bow. Even Sita was able to lift it with her finger to sweep the floor beneath it. Whoever would lift the stone would marry Sita. Ram and Lakshman discussed how to achieve this. Ram asked Lakshman to break the stone and marry Sita. Lakshman said he would break it but would not marry Sita as he had decided to lead a life of celibacy. Therefore Ram became Sita’s suitor. Ram and Sita were to be married and the invitation to the wedding was also sent to Lord Shiva. Shiva felt he was too old to travel so he asked his son Ganesh to go in his place. When the procession party realized that it was Ganesh instead of Shiva who was to accompany them they were disappointed. Some were adamant that they would not join the procession if this elephant headed Ganesh went along with them. They made several excuses to not take him along. They told him to stay back and be the first to receive the bride when she came. He began to sulk and sat quietly in a corner. Now the procession with Ram and family took off in a horse carriage. Ganesh took his mice army and got the road all dug up so that the chariot had a great difficulty in moving. They were anxious to reach in time but the road was miserable. The wise ones got together and tried to figure out the cause for this upheaval. Then one of them realized that Ganesh/Gajanand was not with them and it was possible it was he who caused the roads to be destroyed. Gajanand was listening on from behind a bush and as soon as he heard them mention his name he came out. They apologized to him and said henceforth his name would be taken first before any celebration or ritual. He got his mice army to clear the road and the procession went off smoothly.