Durva grass is dear to Lord Ganesh

There's a wonderful story related to Lord Ganesha " On why Durva grass is dear to Lord Bal Ganesh"
the story goes like this:-
Its said once there was a demon by the name "Analasura" whose eyes used to emit fire and wherever he went he caused destruction and devastation.
So much so that none could stop his trail of devastation- people prayed to lord Ganesha. Bal Ganesha confronted analasura who rained fire on the lord- evrything in the vicinity except for Lord Ganesha was destroyed and the demon started launghing in a mocking tone!!!
Bal Ganesha then took its Virata Avatar ( Huge incarnation ) and gulped the demon.
The fire spitting demon got annihilated but the Ganesha body temperature rose dangerously so much so that lord fell on the ground.
All Gods tried various remedies but to no avail...
Lord Bal Ganesh's burning did not stop. Everyone was worried.

Then, thousands of sages who came there with bunch of 21 Durvas and put on Bal Ganesh's head and a miracle happened. 
The burning sensation of Bal Ganesh was subsided and Ganesh became all right after putting the Durva grass on the head . 

Then, Lord Ganesh uttered that most of the Gods tried to help but only ‘Durva’ a simple grass made my agony into normal.

With this Lord Ganesh announced that whoever with devotion offer me Durva would be pious and get Punya which will be equal to thousands puja's,pilgrims, donations,etc..
Whether you offer flowers or not you should offer the Durva grass to Lord Bal Ganesh in his Puja.
The message this story potrays is - We should not think anyone to be small or insignificant,time changes in fraction of seconds and in that time everyone gets their chance to play their role.

Ganapati bappa Mourya!!!