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Lord Ganesha in Art and Culture |
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Ganesha who happens to be one of the most worshiped Hindu Gods and Goddesses, is very much dominantly present in not only the culture of the Indians or the Hindus, but also in Indian art. It will not at all be an exaggeration that Hindu God Ganesha has a significant place in art as well as culture.Culture in India takes Lord Ganesha into very important account. There are many beliefs related to Lord Ganesha. It is believed in Indian Culture that Lord Ganesha is the God of 'Siddhi' or the ultimate success or perfection. Anybody ho wants to attain the heights of success and perfection, he or she must worship Lord Ganesha before starting off with the task.
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There is another belief that is very popular among the Hindus throughout the world. If a family keeps an idol of Lord Ganesha, they will prosper a lot. It is therefore very often seen that on the doors, specially on the doors of the businessmen, there are either pictures or idols of Lord Ganesha. There is one more twist in the belief. If one buys an idol of Ganesha and fits it to the door or the maintains it carefully, success or prosperity is not going to come the traditional belief is that the idol of Lord Ganesha has to be gifted by some of the friends or relatives.
Lord Ganesh happens to be the favorite god of the businessmen. They worship Ganesha with a great deal of mirth and enthusiasm. The common belief is that since Ganesha is the god of success and achievements, the businessmen also be crowned with success and profit if they heartily worship Lord Ganesha.
Lord Ganesha in Art and Culture of India has, therefore, has an evidently significant role. Even in countries like Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and many other countries, Lord Ganesha in Art and Culture possess a significant role.
So far as Lord Ganesha in Art and Culture is concerned, there are very few other Hindu gods and goddesses that are so happening in art and culture. There have been thousands of paintings of Lord Ganesha in various different angles. There are artists who have been immensely popular for making wooden idols of Lord Ganesha. Besides, on the greetings cards or even on some of the invitation cards of some particular class of people with some particular belief, carry the the picture of Lord Ganesha.
There are painters who have become very popular for their specialization in painting the portraits of Ganesha. Some of these painters are Dhiren Kr. Brahma, Late Manindra Bhushan, Late Mukul Dey, Late Pran Krishna Pal, Late Bhuvan Verma, Late M.K. Parandekar, Paresh Maity, Neeraj Goswami, K.S. Kilkarni, Ganesh Pyne and Bikash Bhattacharya. Among these painters, Ganesh Pyne happens to be one of the most popular painters in India. In fact, there are a huge number of styles of painting Ganesha, which have been even paid recognition by the famous painters.
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