18" Seated Turbaned Lord Ganesha In Brass | Indian Handcrafted Idol

Ganesha is the lord of Ganas, a term that is understood to have more than one meaning. In some contexts, Gana is taken to be a general term denoting all categories of living beings - men, birds, animals. At other times it is understood to mean specifically the semi-divine ghost-like followers of Lord Shiva. Lord Ganesha has many names and many forms. In various representations he can have anywhere between two to sixteen arms and upto five or more heads.