Third World Craft Nepal, The Artisan Marketplace

Wooden Ganesh Mask
[PBWM-22-10]

Size : 30.5 x 20.5cm
Ganesh is the elephant-headed god. Innumerable crowds worship him all over India as well as every one in his home privacy. The physical appearance of Ganesh is described in the Ganapati Upanishad (11-14). "He has only one tusk but four arms. Two of the hands hold a noose and a goad. The two other hands display the varada mudrâ , which grants boons, and the abhaya mudrâ, which dismisses fear from the devotee. He is escorted by a mouse or a rat. He is red in color and fat-bellied; his ears have the form of winniwing-baskets. He is red dressed and all is limbs are covered with red sandal paste. One worships Him with red flowers. Unfailing, charitable, He is the Origin of the Universe. He manifests Himself, at the very beginning of the Creation, alone, before the manifested world, before the Cosmic Consciousness (Purusha) ". "Whoever meditating on His form will take a prominent place among the Self-realized people".

$5.50

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 27 June, 2008.