Wall hanging of Lord Ganesh.
I’m quite a fan of Hinduism’s most beloved god, Lord Ganesh, also affectionately known as Ganpatti.
We’ve got quite a few Ganpatti statues and wall hangings in our apartment. Last night, I couldn’t resist getting another one! Even my husband agreed it was a bargain.
We brought the Ganpatti wall hanging in the photo from a vendor at some traffic lights in a Mumbai suburb. It’s not apparent from the photo, but the wall hanging is a large 65 centimetres (25 inches) long and 55 centimetres (22 inches) wide. It’s made from a plaster mix, and painted. Very eye-catching.
The price? 100 rupees. It was the last one that the vendor had, so he was almost giving it away.
One thing that I love about Mumbai, is that you just never know what you’ll come across. Each day brings new surprises.
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oh yes i have also bought a couple of sai baba’s from the street vendors on and off, the negative aspect is that these are rather brittle and one has to be extremely careful with them !!
good luc with the new ganesha !!!
dats a really nice wallhanging.Sometyms da stuff v buy from da streets tends 2 be much nicer n a lot cheaper to da kind v buy in da shops and malls.I recently gifted a friend jewellery brought from a street shop,just randomly & guess what?Shes loved it!She asked me wer I got it from & she went der again wid her SIL & got sm more stuff from der!