Nepalese Copper Ganesha Statue - The Elephant Headed God of Wisdom and Success and Lord of Beginnings

Description

This copper Ganesha statue was hand made by master sculpture artisans in Nepal Ganesha, one of the sons of Shiva, is known as "Sidhi Data" or bestower of success in the work. The image of Ganesha thus represents man's eternal striving towards integration with nature. The most striking feature of Ganesha is his elephant head, symbolic of auspiciousness, strength and intellectual prowess. All the qualities of the elephant are contained in the form of Ganpati. The elephant is the largest and strongest of animals of the forest. Yet he is gentle and, amazingly, a vegetarian, so that he does not kill to eat. He is very affectionate and loyal to his keeper and is greatly swayed if love and kindness are extended to him. Ganesha, though a powerful deity, is similarly loving and forgiving and moved by the affection of his devotees. But at the same time the elephant can destroy a whole forest and is a one-man army when provoked. Ganesha is similarly most powerful and can be ruthless when containing evil. The mouse depicted is, in every respect, comparable to the intellect. It is able to slip unobserved or without our knowledge into places which we would have not thought it possible to penetrate. In doing this it is hardly concerned whether it is seeking virtue or vice. The mouse thus represents our wandering, wayward mind, lured to undesirable or corrupting grounds. By showing the mouse paying subservience to Lord Ganesha it is implied that the intellect has been tamed through Ganesha's power of discrimination. Dimensions: 5.5 inches H x 4.25 inches W x 3.25 inches D, Weight: 1.25 pounds