Dance in Nepalese culture is an expression of divinity and unfathomable power. With the most powerful dancing images belonging to Nataraja or dancing Shiva, there are several other divinities, such as Devi and Ganesha, who dance, filling the ambiance with their celestial bliss. This copper statue from Nepal depicts the elephant-headed deity, Ganesha, dancing majestically while trampling on a rat, a rodent species that causes harm to crops of people.
Ganesha is often worshipped by the farming population of Nepal for taming rats, and the image of Ganesha standing above the menacing animal is a reminder to the devotees, that the supreme protector is guarding their crops and abundance. Ganesha is four-armed, adorned with traditional Nepalese ornaments, and a third eye on his forehead, which is rare in his iconography in India. Another unique element in this Nepalese sculpture of Ganesha is the reddish in his right hand, a symbol of the abundance of crops.
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