London's Elephants - No. 11 in a series
The series had to have an image of Ganesha, the elephant god. This rather unusual dancing Ganesh is in the British Museum and dates from 750 AD. It was
You may find it interesting to know that Ganesh, one of the favourite Hindu gods is the lord of beginnings and the placer and remover of obstacles. In the myth, he lost his human head when Shiva cut it off in a temper. He swore to replace it with the head of hte first creature he met, which was an elephant,
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Michael Salone said ... (09:20) :
post a commentHi Ham, another pachyderm! What an incredible series! (Pillaged/brought back, lol!)
How weird. lol. For those out of London, visit my blog, www.ukdailyphoto.blogspot.com
Lovin' your work Ham! and Rosalind, i think your are just down the road from me, fancy creating birdlipdailyphoto.blogspot.com? We could take pictures of the garage... and... actually, bad idea.
Love the sculpture! I have a teak Ganesh right here at my desk at work.
I love the story behind Lord Ganesh. We now use him as a symbol in one of the training courses we have to encourage people to improve their listening skills...one of the reasons he has large ears.
Michael - what a great motivational idea! Listen to what I'm saying or I'll cut off your head! I should htink that works.
LOL Ham!