Lord GaneshTerracotta,7th Century AD.
With the approaching Ganesh Chaturthi, this piece has become significant. For this is not a stone sculpture for a temple, but a terracotta piece for the common man. Ganesh ji is no longer as ornate or bejewelled as in temple sculptures. Bereft of jewellery, he is a simple god for the people. While all his essential qualities are intact, his sweets, his rosary, his broken tusk, his pot belly, but now he is more earthy and closer to the common devotee.
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