Brass Vijaya Ganapathi Idol

10 Inch Brass Ganesha Seated on Rat Statue

This statue represents the elephant god in his Vijay Ganapati manifestation means Lord Ganesha is sitting on his vahan - Rat. Vijay Ganapati is one of the thirty-two forms of Lord Ganesh enumerated in early Puranic texts, particularly the eighth-century Mudgala

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These thirty-two forms personify thirty-two concerns that Lord Ganesh is believed to have for the created beings. The human mind is contended to have thirty-two aspects, which Lord Ganesh influences in his thirty-two manifestations. It is said that in most of his manifestations, Lord Ganesh carries a goad and noose, with one, that is, the goad, he drags this human mind to the right path, and with the other, the noose, he holds it to this right path.