Ganesh in Nepal

Bhaktapur

 

	24 ko	Small Ganesh shrine at the entrance of the Durbar Square, Bhaktapur (Nepal)
	25 ko	White painted Ganesh carved on a wood-stay, and small erotic figures, Pashupatinath temple, Durbar Square, Bhaktapur (Nepal)
	20 ko	In front of a large Shiva Lingam, several god statues among which a five-headed and ten-armed Ganesh, Hanuman Ghat, Bhaktapur (Nepal)
	26 ko	In front of another Shiva Lingam, one can find a three-headed and six-armed Ganesh, Hanuman Ghat, Bhaktapur (Nepal)
	26 ko	A Ganesh shrine where the god image is only a simple stone, Bhaktapur (Nepal)
	43 ko	A rat facing the former Ganesh, permits to identify the god image (murti) with no doubt, Bhaktapur (Nepal)
	23 ko	Ganesh carved on the bronze gateway, called Golden Gate (Sun Dokha), one of most famous art work of the Kathmandu valley. This door, and the 55 windows Palace to which it gives access were built by King Bhupatindra Malla, but were successfully achieved in 1754 only, under the reign of King Jaya Ranjit Malla. This image of Ganesh, standing up in the wrathful posture, is really typical of the 18 th-centuried Newari style. The emblems hold in the right hands are the broken tusk and the mâlâ, and the axe and the sweets bowl in the left. Notice the lack of animal-emblem. Bhaktapur, Kathmandu valley, Nepal
	33 ko	Large (1,5 m height) impressive Ganesh, Hanuman Ghat, Bhaktapur (Nepal)
	21 ko	Ganesh standing on two rats in a shrine, Hanuman Ghat, Bhaktapur (Nepal)
	28 ko	Ganesh dancing in his shrine, Sukul Dokha, Bhaktapur (Nepal)
	24 ko	Nice bras Ganesh surrounded by a triple aureole, Jeth Ganesh temple, potters' Square, Bhaktapur (Nepal)
	21 ko	Bronze torana , with Ganesh as the main deity. The other characters, on the upper part, are makara and Garuda. Small temple behind the Dattatreya Square, Bhaktapur, Nepal
	29 ko	Standing wooden Ganesh, in a dancing posture. The lower right hand shows the varada mudra. On both sides of the god, two feminine attendants can be seen. On the upper part of the wrought background, praying Garuda is carved. Museum of Wood, Bhaktapur, Nepal