Elon Musk tweets about Lord Ganesha, Indians call it ‘wisdom meeting technology’

Elon Musk today sent Indian social media into a meltdown by sharing a post about Lord Ganesha, the Hindu god worshipped as a remover of obstacles.

Published on: Nov 11, 2025, 11:56:33 IST

By Sanya Jain

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Elon Musk today sent Indian social media into a meltdown by sharing a post about Lord Ganesha, the Hindu god worshipped as a remover of obstacles.

Elon Musk posted about Lord Ganesha on X.

Musk shared a link to his conversation with Grok, the AI assistant developed by his AI company xAI. In the conversation, he provided Grok with an image of Lord Ganesha and asked the AI chatbot “What is this?”

Grok analyses image of Lord Ganesha

The AI tool analysed an image of a traditional South Indian brass statue, identifying it as Lord Ganesha—the Hindu deity known as the remover of obstacles, god of beginnings, wisdom, and prosperity.

Grok analysed the image and provided a detailed breakdown. “This is a small brass (or bronze) statue of Lord Ganesha, a widely revered Hindu deity,” the chatbot responded, providing evidence to support its claim.

Grok provided “key identifying features” as the elephant head, four hands, seated posture and the mouse at the feet to conclude that the image represented Lord Ganesha.

Social media users puzzled

Many social media users were happy about Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, tweeting about a Hindu god.

“It’s kind of surreal to see Lord Ganesha appear inside Grok. One represents divine knowledge, the other human-made intelligence both seeking clarity in chaos,” wrote one X user. “It’s great to see Elon and Grok recognising Lord Ganesha, wisdom meets technology, what a blend!” said Sanchi Arora.

“Impressive detail recognition by Grok. It correctly identified all the key iconographic elements of Lord Ganesha,” another commented.

Some were more confused. “What prompted you to search this Elon?” X user Sharath asked.

“How come Elon is mentioning about the god Ganesha - what’s the context?” another asked. “Grok whats the context, why did he tweet about Lord Ganesha?” a person questioned.

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Sanya Jain
Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.Read More

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