Thursday, May 26, 2011

Dancing Ganesha
Stone, Western India, AD 650-750
Ganesha dances joyfully, flanked by musicians. He holds a mango or sweetmeat, which he savours with his trunk. One of India's most popular deities, the elehant-headed god is commonly invoked at the beginning of a new enterprise.

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

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