Round 10: Tossup 5

This deity’s birthday is celebrated by eating dumplings stuffed with grated coconut. The wealthy god Kubera invites this other deity to a feast, but is horrified when this deity begins eating his furniture. This deity broke off one part of his body as a writing utensil while a scribe (15[1])for Vyasa. This deity threw part of his face at the moon after it laughed at him when he fell off the (*) mouse Mooshika. This deity won a mango for winning a race against his brother Karthikeya by running around his parents, one of whom decapitated him. For 10 points, name this Hindu “remover of obstacles,” a son of Parvati and Shiva with the head of an elephant. ■END■

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