Description: AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEE: We guarantee the authenticity of all our items The Riddle of Ganesha Be sure to add us to your favorites list! Check out our other items! Sign up for email newsletters by adding nandaimo to your Favorites This profusely illustrated work in large format and on art paper traces the history of Ganesha cult and Worship seeks to give a perspective of this ancient cult prevalent from the earliest times in the sub-continent.There are about ninety one different figures of Ganesha according to the estimate of research scholars. The details of their make up vary from figure to figure with no changer in the main set up. It is in the enigma of certain striking variations in detail that the sublime in the figures of Ganesha has to be sought for. The elephant-faced-Deity of the Hindus known popularly as Ganesha has intrigued all thinking men all over the world, all through the ages even unto the present day. They are puzzled as to how a cultured class of people going by the name of Hindus could have denigrated themselves by worshipping this funny looking elephant-faced-Deity giving him an eminent status in their pantheon. He reverence and devotion for him in India and also elsewhere have not abated even in these days of free thinking and rationalism. He is invoked by all classes of orthodox Hindus in all walks of life for success in their endeavors and thanked profusely after success.Ganesha being a composite image we have to study the parts involved in his make up to understand the concept behind his image, how it was evolved and what it stands for. Ganesha obviously is a design meant to convey a profound meaning. But owing to the play of ignorance a great deal of ritualism has sprung around him clouding the meaning of his design and form. It behoves one and all who is in search of knowledge to probe into the deeper meaning behind Ganesha's funny form.ContentsPrefaceForeword by H H Dr. E Nandiswara Nayake TheroGanesh the SumukhaGanesha and the ElephantGanesha and the SerpentGanesha and his MountGanesha and ShivaGanesha and YogaGanesha and Psychic CentresGanesha and Mystical TermsGanesha and 'Om'Ganesha in the Hindu PantheonGanesha and his IdolGanesha and his LambodaramGanesha and his WorshipGanesha and his MartyrdomGanesha and MythologyGanesha and KarthikeyaGanesha and his Festival International Bidders: All duties, customs and taxes responsibility of buyer Froo www.froo.com | Froo Cross Sell, Free Cross Sell, Cross promote, eBay Marketing, eBay listing Apps, eBay Apps, eBay Application
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Book Title: The Riddle of Ganesha
Original Language: English
Item Length: 10.2in
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 0.7in
Personalized: No
Features: Illustrated
Topic: Civilization, Asian / Chinese, Asia / China, Customs & Traditions
Item Width: 7.2in
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Scpg Publishing Corporation
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition
Publication Year: 1992
Type: Picture Book
Literary Movement: Modernism
Era: 2010s
Author: Rankorath Karunakaran
Genre: Art, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 22.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 148 Pages