Celebrating Ganesha

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Birmingham Museums is delighted to host the Celebrating Ganesha Spotlight Tour, created in partnership with the British Museum.



Celebrating Ganesha is touring across seven venues around the UK as part of the British Museum’s National Programmes. The elephant-headed Ganesha is one of the most popular Hindu gods - the creator and remover of obstacles. A beautiful stone sculpture of Ganesha is at the heart of this exhibition which is on display in the Faith in Birmingham Gallery.

Carved from schist in Orissa (recently renamed Odisha) around 800 years ago, this statue of Ganesha was originally positioned in a niche on the outer face of a Hindu temple. Standing on a lotus pedestal, Ganesha is depicted with a lion mask above his head, snakes asanklets and his rat ‘vahana’, his vehicle, at his feet. The display brings this sculpture together with other depictions of Ganeshain order to explore his role as a figure of public celebration and private devotion in India and around the world.

Join us in celebrating the arrival of the sculpture with a blessing event

on Sunday 25th September. 

Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
Chamberlain Square
B3 3DH Birmingham
United kingdom
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Celebrating Ganesha Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery Main address: Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery Chamberlain Square B3 3DH Birmingham, United kingdom Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery Chamberlain Square B3 3DH Birmingham, United kingdom Birmingham Museums is delighted to host the Celebrating Ganesha Spotlight Tour, created in partnership with the British Museum.



Celebrating Ganesha is touring across seven venues around the UK as part of the British Museum’s National Programmes. The elephant-headed Ganesha is one of the most popular Hindu gods - the creator and remover of obstacles. A beautiful stone sculpture of Ganesha is at the heart of this exhibition which is on display in the Faith in Birmingham Gallery.

Carved from schist in Orissa (recently renamed Odisha) around 800 years ago, this statue of Ganesha was originally positioned in a niche on the outer face of a Hindu temple. Standing on a lotus pedestal, Ganesha is depicted with a lion mask above his head, snakes asanklets and his rat ‘vahana’, his vehicle, at his feet. The display brings this sculpture together with other depictions of Ganeshain order to explore his role as a figure of public celebration and private devotion in India and around the world.

Join us in celebrating the arrival of the sculpture with a blessing event

on Sunday 25th September. 
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