God of good luck, prosperity and well being in Hinduism; First worshipped God; Son of Shiva and Parvati

Ganesha and his two wives, Siddhi and Buddhi, surrounded by six attendants and his rats. Chromolithograph.

Ganesha. Chromolithograph.

Durga slaying the Buffalo demon depicted on a stand and surmounted on a torana decorated with smaller figures of demon kings and Hindu gods. Transfer lithograph.

Parvati enthroned nursing Ganesha. Watercolour drawing.

Shiva with the Ganges flowing from his head and Parvati seated on a tiger skin with Ganesha, Skanda and Nandi bull surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.

Ganesha enthroned holding his symbols with his rat. Watercolour drawing.

Temple sculpture: Ganesh seated in an arched niche. Pencil drawing.

Shiva and Parvati mounted on Nandi bull in a procession led by Brahma and Hanuman and attendants. Gouache drawing.

The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.

Marriage of Rama to Sita with Brahmins making fire sacrifice. Coloured transfer lithograph.

Ganesha with rat, his transport. Watercolour drawing.

The cow as mother of the world: with pictures of Hindu deities all over its body. Coloured lithograph.

A goddess on a flowering plant holding a baby elephant, could either be Lakshmi or Parvati. Watercolour drawing.

1 drawing : pencil, with watercolour and silver

1 print : chromolithograph ; border 33.3 x 24.2 cm

A goddess probably Parvati as Durga riding on a lion presenting an infant Ganesha to a woman. Chromolithograph.

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 51 x 37.9 cm

Ganesh holding banners and wearing a t-shirt bearing the letters 'IHO' for Indian Health Organisation; two rats pinch food from a platter below; an AIDS prevention advertisement by Bharat Press. Lithograph, ca. 1997.

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Ganesha

Images from the collections

Images featuring Ganesha

Works from the collections

A goddess on a flowering plant holding a baby elephant, could either be Lakshmi or Parvati. Watercolour drawing.

Ganesha enthroned holding his symbols with his rat. Watercolour drawing.

A goddess probably Parvati as Durga riding on a lion presenting an infant Ganesha to a woman. Chromolithograph.

Ganesh holding banners and wearing a t-shirt bearing the letters 'IHO' for Indian Health Organisation; two rats pinch food from a platter below; an AIDS prevention advertisement by Bharat Press. Lithograph, ca. 1997.

Shiva with the Ganges flowing from his head and Parvati seated on a tiger skin with Ganesha, Skanda and Nandi bull surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.

Ganesha

Images from the collections

Images featuring Ganesha

Works from the collections

A goddess on a flowering plant holding a baby elephant, could either be Lakshmi or Parvati. Watercolour drawing.

Ganesha enthroned holding his symbols with his rat. Watercolour drawing.

A goddess probably Parvati as Durga riding on a lion presenting an infant Ganesha to a woman. Chromolithograph.

Ganesh holding banners and wearing a t-shirt bearing the letters 'IHO' for Indian Health Organisation; two rats pinch food from a platter below; an AIDS prevention advertisement by Bharat Press. Lithograph, ca. 1997.

Shiva with the Ganges flowing from his head and Parvati seated on a tiger skin with Ganesha, Skanda and Nandi bull surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.

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