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  2. Ganesha - Wikipedia

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    These figures are small, with an elephant head, two arms, and chubby physique. The earliest Ganesha icons in stone were carved in Mathura during Kushan times (2nd–3rd centuries CE). [160] Ganesha appeared in his classic form as a clearly-recognizable deity with well-defined iconographic attributes in the early 4th to 5th centuries CE. [161]

  3. Mahaganapati - Wikipedia

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    Mahaganapati represents Ganesha as the Supreme Being [5] and thus the most important deity of the Ganapatya sect, which accords the status of the Supreme God to Ganesha. He is a widely worshipped and widely depicted form of Ganesha. [5] The icon symbolizes happiness, wealth and magnificence of Ganesha. [4]

  4. Uchchhishta Ganapati - Wikipedia

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    Rao classifies Uchchhishta Ganapati as one of the five Shakti-Ganesha icons, where Ganesha is depicted with a shakti, that is, a female consort. [4] The large figure of Ganesha is accompanied with smaller figure of the consort. [1] The nude devi (goddess) sits on his left lap. She has two arms and wears various ornaments.

  5. Uthrapathiswaraswamy Temple - Wikipedia

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    The icon of Vatapi Ganapati is currently enshrined in a secondary shrine in the temple complex of Uthrapathiswaraswamy Temple. As per oral tradition, the icon of Vatapi Ganapati was brought booty from the Chalukyan capital of Vatapi (presently known as Badami in northern Karnataka) by Paranjothi, the commander-in-chief of the Pallava king Narasimhavarman I (reign: 630–668 CE), following the ...

  6. Hindu iconography - Wikipedia

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    The Shiva Lingam represents the deity Shiva, and is used as an icon of strength and fertility due to its sexual symbolism. [5] Shivalinga (Sivalinga) is the most important and a popular symbolic representation of Shiva in Hinduism. It represents Shiva in his aspects of the creator, protector, and the destroyer in Shaiva traditions

  7. Moti Dungri - Wikipedia

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    The Moti Dungri temple is situated at bottom of the Moti Dungri hill and the fort of Moti Dungri in Jaipur, Rajasthan. [2] [3] The icon of the god Ganesha established in the temple is said to be more than five-hundred years old, [4] and was brought here in 1761 by Seth Jai Ram Paliwal who was accompanying Maharaja Madho Singh I, from Udaipur.

  8. Ganesha in Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    Ganesha (Phra Phikanet, พระพิฆเนศ, or Phra Phikanesuan, พระพิฆเนศวร) is an important deity in Theravada Buddhist Thailand, where he is seen as a god of the arts and success, as well as a remover of obstacles. [28]

  9. Chintamani Temple, Theur - Wikipedia

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    Like other Ashtavinyaka icons, the central icon of Ganesha is considered self-manifested [8] and hardly any features are visible except the elephantine head – studded with jewel eyes – and trunk, which turns to his left. [1] [2] [4] The icon is interpreted to be seated in cross-legged posture.

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