Third World Craft Nepal, The Artisan Marketplace

Painted Ganesh (small )
[DKWC-10-4]

Size : height - 14mc
Wooden hand carved and antique design painted small size Ganesh Statue.Ganesh the elephant headed god of wisdom and success is the defender and remover of obstacles and has to be propitiated first before worship to other gods. He is one of the sons of Shiva. He is known as "Sidhi Data" or bestower of success in the work.. His elephant head has only one full tusk, while other is broken. He said to have lost it in a fight with Parasuram. It is also said that he broke it to write the Mahabharata to the dictation of sage Vyasa. His elephant head is believed to be an emblem of wisdom and his mount an emblem of sagacity. His mount is the "Mooshika" called shrew. He is also known as Vinayaka.

$10.00

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 18 September, 2008.