Ganpatiji

The central figure of Ganesha dancing with joyous abandon is painted on a stretched canvas with acrylics. The surrounding six musicians are painted in watercolors.
Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of new beginnings.
He is worshipped before starting anything new to clear obstacles and pave the way to success.
2000 | 140x200 cms | 55x78 inches
Acrylics on canvas and watercolors on paper
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Ganesha dances with joyous abandon to melodious music.
Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of new beginnings.
He is worshipped before starting anything new to clear obstacles and pave the way to move forward in life.
2001 | 40x40 cms | 16x16 inches
Acrylics and ink on paper
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A tryptych of 5 Ganeshas playing fusion music using Eastern and Western musical instruments.
This set was specially commissioned to gift Bollywood music composer, Pyarelalji.
2009 | 50x120 cms | 20x47.5 inches
Acrylics on canvas
Commissioned

Six canvases of Ganesha playing various musical instruments (sitar, clarinet, tablas, dholak, manjira and harmonium) make a brilliant composition.
This painting was commissioned for a home in Calcutta.
2014 | 97x116 cms | 38x46 inches
Acrylic paints and watercolors on paper
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Ganesha does the 'tandava', a divine dance form performed by his father, Shiva, a Hindu God.
Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of new beginnings.
He is worshipped before starting anything new to clear obstacles and pave the way to success.
2004 | 50x50 cms | 20x20 inches
Acrylics and copper on canvas
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A set of two stylized paintings of Ganeshji playing fusion music with a guitar and a dholak (a two-headed hand drum, a folk percussion instrument)
2004 | 32x52 cms | 12.5x20.5 inches
Acrylics on canvas
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A tryptych of 5 Ganeshas playing fusion music using Eastern and Western musical instruments.
2009 | 50x120 cms | 20x27 inches
Acrylics on canvas
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A set of 3 paintings of stylized Ganpatis playing a string instrument, a percussion instrument and a wind instrument
2007 | 50x40 cms | 20x16 inches
Acrylics on canvas board
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A set of 3 paintings of stylized Ganpatis playing a string instrument, a percussion instrument and a wind instrument
2007 | 50x40 cms | 20x16 inches
Acrylics on canvas board
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A stylized painting of Ganesha on textured paper. His left hand holds a modak
(an Indian flour dumpling), his favourite sweet and his right hand is raised in a gesture of blessing.
2004 | 48x38 cms | 19x15 inches
Acrylics on canvas board
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This painting has been done with a textured paper that had a net woven into the paper. I wetted the paper in appropriate places to gently remove the paper but leaving the net intact. This had the effect of revealing a form of a stylised ganesha that was then collaged on a painted canvas to complete the painting. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of new beginnings.
He is worshipped before starting anything new to clear obstacles and pave the way to success.
2006 | 90x70 cms | 35.5x27.5 inches
Collage with textured paper and acrylics on canvas
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A stylized painting of Ganesha on textured paper. His left hand holds a modak, his favourite sweet (representing the sweet rewards of spiritual pursuit) and his right hand is raised in a gesture of blessing.
2005 | 60x40 cms | 24x16 inches
Acrylic paints on textured paper
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This painting has been done with a textured paper that had a net woven into the paper. I wetted the paper in appropriate places to gently remove the paper but leaving the net intact. This had the effect of revealing a form of a stylised ganesha that was then collaged on a painted canvas to complete the painting. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of new beginnings.
He is worshipped before starting anything new to clear obstacles and pave the way to success.
2019 | 50x40 cms | 20x16 inches
Paper and acrylics on canvas
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A stylized version of Ganesha using copper, a pure metal to symbolize purity. I cut the metal and sewed it on the canvas with a sacred thread that is used in Hindu religious ceremonies.
Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of new beginnings.
He is worshipped before starting anything new to clear obstacles and pave the way to move forward in life.
2006 | 45x38 cms | 18x15 inches
Copper and thread on canvas
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A stylized version of Ganesha using glass mosaic on canvas.
Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of new beginnings.
He is worshipped before starting anything new to clear obstacles and pave the way to success.
2011 | 33x27 cms | 13x10.5 inches
Glass mosaic on canvas
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Nritya, meaning dance in Sanskrit holds a spiritual significance in Hinduism. When Ganesha is shown in this form, he symbolises the cycle of creation and destruction.
Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of new beginnings.
He is worshipped before starting anything new to clear obstacles and pave the way to move forward in life.
2004 | 53x75 cms | 21x30 inches
Acrylic paints on stretched canvas and collage
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Experiments with copper, enamel and acrylics on canvas.
2004 | 53x75 cms | 21x29.5 inches
Acrylic paints on stretched canvas and collage
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Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of new beginnings. He is worshipped at the start of a new venture to clear obstacles and pave the path to success.
In this painting, he is portrayed with four hands in a traditionally reclined posture. He is happy and content mood, blissfully reclined on his royal couch.
The lotus in one hand symbolizes the purity of our souls and the modak, an Indian sweet, symbolizes the sweetness of a realized soul. The axe removes all obstacles, external as well as innner, in a devotee’s path. And one hand blesses the viewer.
2001 | 25x32 cms | 10x12.5 inches
Acrylic paints on stretched canvas

Ganesha, a much-loved Hindu God is the first deity to be worshipped at the start of a new venture to remove obstacles and thus pave the path for success. His elephant head symbolises wisdom, the axe in one hand represents the ability to cut off all bonds and attachments, the lotus represents rising above worldly sufferrin and the laddoo, (an Indian sweet) represents the sweet rewards of spiritual pursuit. One hand is raised in blessing the devotee. The mouse teaches the devotee that 'desire' can cause havoc unless brought under control.
A commission for an Indian couple who were moving to a new country.
2000 | 150x100 cms | 78x39 inches
Acrylic paints on stretched canvas
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