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☛ GANESH: INTRODUCTION
Ganesha is one of the deities best-known and most widely worshiped 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.
Although he is known for many other attributes, Ganesha’s elephant head makes him particularly easy to identify. Ganesha is widely revered as the Remover of Obstacles and more generally as Lord of Beginnings and Lord of Obstacles, patron of arts and sciences, and the deva of intellect and wisdom. He is honored at the beginning of rituals and ceremonies and invoked as Patron of Letters during writing sessions. Several texts relate mythological anecdotes associated with his birth and exploits and explain his distinct iconography.

☛ PROCESS: CERAMIC MOLDING SYSTEM
This statue of Ganesh has been made by the Ceramic mold casting Process, also known ambiguously as ceramic molding, This is a modern approach to our traditional way of casting statues by process of Loss wax system or the Rubber molding system. Besides making the mold, This statue is 100% hand-finished in Nepal, unlike the common assumption. Also, it is 100% made in the famous city of Patan.

☛ FULL FIRE GOLD PLATING
The whole body of this Buddhist Statues of Ganesh has been gilded with gold by the ancient process of gold gilding using amalgam Gold. Mr Suman Shakya our inhouse Craftsman and Gold Plating expert has helped us in Gold plating this Buddhist Statues for us, This is a risky job for we heartly thank him for this contribution.
This process of Gold gilding is known as Mercury Gold Gilding (पारा Pārā सुन Suna जलप Jalap), Fire Gilding, or Fire gold plating(In Nepal). Gold gilded by this process is very good for the copper statues, as the statue gilded by this process will retain the gold for a very long time. Gold Gilded by this process is comparatively expensive to the modern electrochemical plating but due to its durability, it is still a preferred choice for many collectors and practitioners alike.

☛ FACE: GOLD PAINTED
The face of this Buddhist Statues of Lord Ganesh has been painted with gold. Reason for painting the face is to define important attributes of the Padmasambhava’s face, especially its eyes and Its lips. This normally cannot be obtained by metal carving. Even if we could it will be blurred out by oxidation with time. This is an important and sacred ritual of Buddhism to make the statue ready for its consecration and practice.
For painting the face of a statue we use a special gold variation,which is treated in a way which will transform the metal gold into a paintable powder gold. This is said to be 100% pure gold.