cover image: Ganesha Riding on the Mouse

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Ganesha Riding on the Mouse

This painting shows that the Vahana of Lord Ganesha is a mouse. The little mouse is one of the features of Ganesha's iconography. The mouse represents our wandering mind. By showing the mouse paying subservience to Lord Ganesha, it is implied that the intellect has been tamed through Ganesha's power of discrimination.
artwork modern painting
Identifier
ngma-14922
Material
Watercolor, Paper
Published in
India
Type
Painting