Re: REQUEST: Info on Ganeesh
Posted By Atish Chand (chand_at@usp.ac.fj)
Mon, 18 Aug 1997 14:12:49 +1200
John K. Taber wrote:
>
> I have a brass statue of Ganeesh with parasol and begging bowl
> (which looks like a teapot). The guy who sold it to me tells me
> that it represents Ganeesh on his pilgrimage to the Ganges.
>
> Can somebody tell me a lot more details about this image of Ganeesh?
> --
>From the above description, it sounds more like the incarnation of Lord
Vamanadeva, then Ganesh. Does the image have an elephant like face? If
not than most probably it is not Ganesh but Vamanadeva.
