Simha-Ganapati (A Rare Depiction)

$75
Item Code: PD10
Specifications:
Kalamkari Painting on Cotton
Dimensions 2.5 ft x 3.6 ft
Handmade
Handmade
Free delivery
Free delivery
Fully insured
Fully insured
100% Made in India
100% Made in India
Fair trade
Fair trade
The Telugu Weavers and painters, notable at Kalahasti, have evolved a technique of preparing the kalamkari and have represented the entire iconography of the Hindu pantheon. Nowadays, they do it light and easily transportable material – simple printed cottons which the devotees hang on the walls of the household shrines.

This kalamkari depicts Simha Ganapati with eight arms, the twenty-ninth form of Ganesha, according to Shritattvanidhi. The upper part of Ganesha's face above the trunk is leonine. With a lotus pedestal beneath and a niche above, Simha Ganapati sits majestically. His first right hand makes the gesture of granting favours (Varada); the three others show the branch of the tree of wishes, the lute and the disc; the left hand in the descending order hold the lotus that blooms in the day, the pot of jewels and the bouquet of flowers. The lower left hand makes the gesture of absence of fear (abhaya).

This representation of Ganesha is not commonly found in depictions of art. The artist here has used minimal colour palette. The eight hands, each displaying an attribute, do make the painting look a little cluttered but an eight handed Ganesha does need ample space.

This description by Renu Rana.

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