Ganesha Statue - Antique Thai Style Standing Black 4-Arm Ganesha Statue - 12cm/5"

Ganesha Statue - Antique Thai Style Standing Black 4-Arm Ganesha Statue - 12cm/5"

Measures (Height) 12cm/5"

An expressively cast Antique Thai style brass standing 4-arm Ganesha.

The elephant-headed god is wearing a short dhoti with crossed cloth around his portly waist

Ganesha is the elephant headed son of Shiva. He holds his conch shell and noose along with a sutra and broken tooth in his 4 hands. 

The noose represents the power to capture and control negative or wayward thoughts and desires, while the goad symbolizes the ability to steer one's life in the right direction, much like a mahout directs an elephant.

The conch shell is traditionally associated with purity and auspiciousness. Its sound is believed to symbolize the sacred cosmic sound that emanates at the creation of the universe. Ganesha holding the conch signifies his association with divine purity and the auspicious energy that underlines the creation of new beginnings.

Ganesha, with the conch in hand, invites devotees to embark on a spiritual journey, overcome obstacles, and align their lives with the harmonious rhythms of the cosmos.

Here, Ganesha is also holding the remnants of his broken tusk. The breaking of the tusk has several backstories. One instance suggests that it was shattered when Shiva cut the head off the elephant, prior to bestowing it onto Ganesha. Another writes that Ganesha’s quill broke and he needed a writing instrument – try telling your boss that next time you try to write up a report with an elephant tusk because your computer crashed. Regardless of its multiple origins, the holding of the tusk represents less of a keepsake, and more of a depiction that our spirituality is more important than our outer bodies, meaning we must overcome the duality of the two as separate entities.

Ganesha are holds his sutra. In Hindu iconography, the book or sutra held by Ganesha represents the repository of sacred knowledge. It is symbolic of the scriptures, teachings, and the divine wisdom that guides seekers on the path of righteousness and self-realization.

Ganesha is often found playing a musical instrument. Similar to Krishna Ganesha celebrates life through it's pleasures and beauty. The direction of Ganesha's trunk has symbolic meaning. Here the trunk turns to Ganesha's right. This represents Moksha or enlightenment. The perfect direction for those seeking or following a spiritual path. 

In his early forms in India, Ganesha was associated with fertility. Later he became widely revered as the Remover of Obstacles and more generally as Lord of Beginnings and Lord of Obstacles, patron of arts and sciences and the deity of intellect and wisdom.

One of the most recognizable of the Asian deities this representation of Ganesha is sure to enlighten your home with endlessly timeless style.

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