The person you see with a weird face is Mr Ganesh Bhagat from Haridwar. A rare facial deformity threw him into a condition wherein he struggled a lot to earn his daily bread and butter. Even though there's no fault of his, even his family has abandoned him. This all happened some 50 years ago and he now lives as a no one's man In fact, Ganesh was born into an affluent family. His parents had spent thousands of rupees on him taking him to different doctors. But, doctors then said that it a surgery on him would only have 10 per cent chances of survival.

When he was born 65 years ago, Ganesh had a small lump. But as years passed, the lump began to grow in size and finally grew to such an extent that he even found it difficult to work. Knowing that no woman would come forward to marry him, he decided not to think of marriage when he was quite young. In fact, as long as his parents lived, Ganesh was a happy man despite the big lump on face. However, they passed away young leaving no scope and hope for Ganesh to think of any miracle in his life.

Ganesh actually inherited 30 acres of agricultural land in Bihar when his father expired. Ganesh was then a teenager and knew nothing about claiming ownership as his uncle took over the left over house and land leaving nothing to him. There was so much pain when Ganesh spoke. He said villagers didn't really like to look at him, they never entertained him. But whatever happened seems to have happened for good as Ganesh is now a strong person. He learned many lessons that life offered . Today, Ganesh is a happy person for he know how good he is at heart.

This man with a golden heart, who was unfortunately abandoned by his family and village people, now moves across different villages spending his time at temples. He doesn't ask for money but people will give him as charity and that's enough for him to get his bread and butter. Although doctors now say that the condition of Ganesh could be reversible, Ganesh says he's now happy to be like this as it's God's creation.

Beauty doesn't actually lie in one's face yet people always try to ignore this. The real beauty lies in the heart. If one can't love a person only because he's not good, one shouldn't at least hate him only because of his/her looks just like how Ganesh's family did with him. Andhra Wishesh salutes to Ganesh and tells his story to the entire world!

(AW Phani)