A finely carved and hand-painted statue of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha, the Lord of Good Fortune who provides rich fortune, success, and general prosperity, standing up straight with his endearing pot belly (a feature that is the result of his love for sweets, like my mother. This standing statue is carved on a stand and is 53 ½ inches tall, 30 inches wide and 19 inches in depth. It weighs approx. 75 lbs. The elephant was a favorite animal of Elizabeth Sandvig and often showed up in her work. She depicted the birth of her grandchildren as two elephants in a number of paintings
Esteemed as one of the principal deities of the Hindu pantheon, the first son of Shiva and Parvati, Ganesha is known as the Lord of Plenty or the god of auspiciousness, highly revered as the regulator of all obstacles with the power to create and remove them. Followers traditionally ask for his blessings at the beginning of any new paths or serious endeavors. The origin of his unusual physiognomy, particularly how he came to possess such an unusual head is the source of many legends, the most popular is that one day when Shiva was away from home, Parvati created a human son from her own body. She asked her son to guard the door while she was bathing. Quite unexpectedly, Shiva returned home, and the boy would not allow Shiva to enter his own household. Enraged by this, Shiva cut off the boy's head. Parvati grew quite angry and ordered Shiva to replace his head. Shiva did so with the first living being he encountered, an elephant.
A finely carved and hand-painted statue of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha, the Lord of Good Fortune who provides rich fortune, success, and general prosperity, standing up straight with his endearing pot belly (a feature that is the result of his love for sweets, like my mother. This standing statue is carved on a stand and is 53 ½ inches tall, 30 inches wide and 19 inches in depth. It weighs approx. 75 lbs. The elephant was a favorite animal of Elizabeth Sandvig and often showed up in her work. She depicted the birth of her grandchildren as two elephants in a number of paintings
Esteemed as one of the principal deities of the Hindu pantheon, the first son of Shiva and Parvati, Ganesha is known as the Lord of Plenty or the god of auspiciousness, highly revered as the regulator of all obstacles with the power to create and remove them. Followers traditionally ask for his blessings at the beginning of any new paths or serious endeavors. The origin of his unusual physiognomy, particularly how he came to possess such an unusual head is the source of many legends, the most popular is that one day when Shiva was away from home, Parvati created a human son from her own body. She asked her son to guard the door while she was bathing. Quite unexpectedly, Shiva returned home, and the boy would not allow Shiva to enter his own household. Enraged by this, Shiva cut off the boy's head. Parvati grew quite angry and ordered Shiva to replace his head. Shiva did so with the first living being he encountered, an elephant.