This is Ganesha and, of course, he needs no introduction. In his hands are tusk, elephant goad, noose and sweets, starting with the lower right hand and clockwise. His trunk is reaching out to the sweets. Ganesha’s vahana, the rat, is on the pedestal. Ganesha’s sitting pose, Lalitasana, accommodates his ample belly. This iconography of … Continue reading Ganesha