Wood Carvings from India

For almost a year now a craftsman in Northern India has been working on a pair of wood carvings for our Media Studio. They will be mounted on a stone wall on either side of our cave entry, welcoming visitors to our special space where Hinduism Today, the website, our books and art/video/audio are all created.

We thank Bhani Karthigesu of Singapore for engineering and sponsoring these new artifacts. He write that they are now in his showroom and will be shipped soon. Jai Ganesha! Jai Gurudeva!

They are about 24 inches tall and will have small shrines in which they sit, hand-made by Kanda Alahan.

Gurudeva blesses with his right hand while his left hold the bamboo danda.

This form of Ganapati was chosen for the Ganapati Kulam, since He is writing a sacred text. Or maybe it\

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