Ganesha, The One Who Rides Rats comic a conch shell

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Her image typically depicts her holding a sword and sitting peacefully on a lotus

In this tradition

modern Ganesha is highly recognisable with his elephant head and human body

Ganesha, The One Who Rides Rats comic a conch shellGanesha is Mangala Murti, the embodiment of auspiciousness. Why then does he have as his mount something so inauspicious as a rodent? Mooshika embodies the pest that plagues our lives, a problem so small that it eludes detection, and exasperates us. Imagine someone who gets rid of all those irritating rat like problems of your life. That someone, for Hindus, is Ganesha. Around Ganeshas giant belly is a serpent that friend of the farmer who eats the