Nepal: Elaborate repoussé (repoussage) metalwork shows the Hindu god Ganesh at a shrine in the Kathmandu Valley

Ganesha, also spelled Ganesa or Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar, is one of the deities best-known and most widely worshipped in the Hindu pantheon.

His image is found throughout India and Nepal. Hindu sects worship him regardless of affiliations. Devotion to Ganesha is widely diffused and extends to Jains, Buddhists, and beyond India.

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Chaweewan Chuchuay

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Pictures From Asia