A MAN CALLED GRUDSAMAD WAS A GREAT DEVOTEE OF GANESHA. HE HAD A SON TO LORD GAJANANA IF HE WANTED TO BE BLESSED. AFTER A PERIOD OF INTENSE TAPASYA, GANESHA APPEARED TO HIM AND GRANTED HIS WISH THAT NO ONE EXCEPT SHIVA WOULD BE ABLE TO DESTROY HIM. HE ALSO GAVE HIM THREE CITIES OF STEEL, SILVER AND GOLD AND HE BECAME THE DEMON KNOWN AS TRIPURANASURA. THE SHIVA PURANA GIVES ANOTHER VERSION OF THIS STORY. HOWEVER, NEEDLESS TO SAY TRIPURA STARTED TO HUMILIATE THE GODS AND HUMANS TILL FINALLY THEY WERE FORCED TO APPROACH SHIVA AND BEG HIM TO KILL THE DEMON. SHIVA HAD TO WORSHIP GANESHA BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO KILL THE ASURA. THE PLACE WHERE SHIVA PRAYED TO GANESHA CAME TO BE KNOWN AS RANJANGAON. the lilas of the sons of shiva.