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Ganapati, or Ganesha, the Lord of Shiva's troops
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › west India › Maharashtra › Mumbai (place of creation)
- Date
- late 19th - early 20th century (1871 - 1930)
- Artist/maker
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after Raja Ravi Varma (1848 - 1906) (artist)Ravi Varma Press (active late 19th century - early 20th century) (printmaker)
- Material and technique
- chromolithograph
- Dimensions
- 36 x 25 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by the Church Missionary Society, 1966.
- Accession no.
- EA1966.52.105
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Glossary
Ganesha
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Ganesha
Chubby elephant-headed Hindu deity and son of Shiva and Parvati. He is the god of wisdom, bestower of wealth, and remover of obstacles who is invoked at the beginning of any enterprise.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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