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| Keywords: Indian - Dancing Ganesha - Walters 25253.jpg After Shiva decapitated his son in a fit of anger the boy's life was restored when an elephant's head was joined to his body Like his father Ganesha combines opposing traits he is a leader of Shiva's troops but he is also lovable there is a bowl of sweets beneath the tip of his trunk He dances in imitation of his father's cosmic dance Ganesha became the lord of beginnings for Hindus and is prayed to at the start of an endeavor Images such as this one were placed in the southern exterior niche of a temple to be encountered first in a ritual walk around the outside of the temple century 9 10 sandstone cm 74 9 40 6 14 accession number 25 253 28127 Ramesh Kapoor New York date and mode of acquisition unknown John Ford New York July 25 1983 by purchase Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2004 Desire and Devotion Art from India Nepal and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham; Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum Albuquerque 2001-2003 place of origin Uttar Pradesh India Walters Art Museum license Hindu art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Dancing Ganesha in sculpture 9th-century art of India Sculptures from Uttar Pradesh | ||||
