Pattachitra-style painting
Dancing Ganesha - Red Shrine
GG-PT-025
A large pale elephant-headed Ganesha dances within a red shrine-like niche. Sixteen smaller Ganesha panels surround the main figure, creating an extensive devotional border.
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The composition.
The elephant head, trunk and central dance posture securely support a dancing Ganesha description. Four small panels along the top, four down each side and four along the base give sixteen surrounding compartments. This count describes the visible layout; it does not certify a canonical sixteen-name iconographic sequence. The exact names of each small form and its held objects require a higher-resolution photograph or the maker’s identification key. Ganesha’s association with auspicious beginnings provides cultural context. The red field is part of the painting, not a marketing background replacement.
These readings describe visible features and possible subjects. A maker-confirmed title, provenance, materials and the identities of unresolved figures are not yet documented.
- The dancing Ganesha
- A raised, bent-leg pose gives the central elephant-headed deity motion.
- The many arms
- Several hands hold small implements; exact names unverified.
- The red shrine
- An elaborate pale canopy rises over the main figure.
- The upper forms
- Four small Ganesha panels occupy the top register.
- The side forms
- Four small Ganeshas on each side continue the sequence.
- The lower forms
- Four further Ganeshas complete the sixteen-panel surround.
Supplied photographs (1)
Distinct photographs of this composition, with their supplied surroundings and camera orientation. Repeated files and presentation variants are not counted as extra views.
