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Dancing Gana

c. 1050
Artist/maker unknown, Indian
Dwarflike ganas are a popular motif in temples, often squatting above pillars to support beams or placed as attendants to dieties. Mythologically they are the followers of the god Shiva and their leader is the elephant-headed Ganesha, whose name means lord of the ganas.

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