Where it had previously been "enigmatically abstract", it started to become "incredibly accomplished at portraying the human ...

The visual connection between Ganesha and the dwarf-like misshapen corpulent yakshas, keepers of treasures, also found in Buddhist and Jain lore is unmistakable. He appears as a distinct deity in ...

Lord Ganesha is known by different names in Japan ... The worship of Kangiten is part of the tantric form of Buddhism that emerged in Odisha. This practice first reached China and then moved ...

Ganesha is worshipped as Sho-ten or Shoden (literally, holy god) in many Buddhist temples, and is believed to confer happiness upon his devotees. The idol of Ganapati in a Buddhistic monastery at ...

and Yama (other Hindu deities in Japan Buddhism outside of the 12 include Lakshmi, Uma, Ganesha, and Saraswati), in one of the most interesting fusions of the two religions outside of India.

Chitrakar also finished an enormous painting of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha, who is worshipped in both of Nepal’s major religions, Newar Buddhism and Hinduism. The artist had to climb a ...

03/29/2024 March 29, 2024 Despite Thai society being mostly Buddhist, statues of Hindu deities can be found all over the country. The elephant-headed god Ganesh is widely revered.