Ganesha Framed in Creepers

On a circular base showing mice nibbling away at laddoos (favorite food of the Lord), stands Ganesha the God of All Beginnings. He if Four-Armed, with each hand displaying a different attribute. While the upper right holds a lasso, the corresponding left hand holds an elephant goad (ankusha). The second right arm displays the boon-granting mudra while the fourth hand holds laddoos, towards which his curving trunk reaches eagerly.

Ganesha wears a long dhoti reaching down to his ankles, while a serpent with an upraised hood acts as a waistband circumscribing his portly belly. A long jeweled necklace falls down to his navel.

A unique aspect of this sculpture are the deftly carved flowing creepers ending in buds, topping into a flat canopy over Ganesha’s head. The creepers occupy only the lower portion of the front, but span the whole of Ganesha’s figure at the back of this sculpture carved in the round. (See Reverse Image at bottom).

This statue was created in the city of Jaipur, using only a single block of Kadamba wood.

Click Here to view the reverse of this artwork.