Get Seated Ganesha - Within A Kirtimukha Prabhavali
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Seated Ganesha - Within A Kirtimukha Prabhavali |
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The Seated Ganesha - Kirtimukha prabhavali (aureole) of this Ganesha murti is one of a
kind. The very sight of it cleanses the onlooker's heart of all its mortal
faults and fills it with a world of devotion. This handheld Ganesha is seated
on an inverted lotus pedestal, the petals engraved on which are superbly
precise. His vahana, a gigantic mouse, clutches precariously at the same. The
posture He is sitting in, lalitasana, is commonplace in Indian iconography -
note how lifelike are the folds of His ankle-hemmed dhoti as well as the
proportions of His feet and hands. His person is replete with shringar -
necklaces, anklets, and bracelets - besides the snake holding His full tummy
together to prevent it from bursting. In His posterior hands are a divine
weapon and a conch; whilst one of the anterior hands lovingly grasps a laddo,
His love for which is the stuff of spiritual lore, the other one is raised in
blessing as is highly characteristic of Indian iconography. His composure of
countenance has all the innocence and wisdom of a heavenly child, because this
boy-deity is the son of Shiva Himself, as conveyed by the Shaivite tilak on His
skilfully engraved brow.
What sets this apart from your run-of-the-mill handheld Ganesha statues
is the prabhavali that frames the composition. It juts out from the padmaroopi
asana (lotus seat), and rises into an ornate structure. A series of identical
traditional motifs have been engraved on the prabhavali with remarkable
precision. A bunch of petalled stems emerge from each point on the circumference,
lending to the sculpture a seeming aura of protection and divinity. A superb
kirtimukha image is stationed at the zenith of the aureole, a symbol of the
beginninglessness and the endlessness of time. Note how the flaying endpieces
of the lord's dhoti, together with the foliage that emerges from the base of
His asana to meet the projections of the prabhavali, add to the glory of this
composition. The tattooed trunk, and a crown that matches His ears in terms of
size and the prabhavali in terms of magnificence, complete the picture.
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