During the 2016 Ganesha Chaturthi Festival, we saw only one artisan creating hand sculpted statues of Lord Ganesha on the streets of Tiruvannamalai. But this year there has been a veritable profusion of able artisans crafting beautiful hand made statues of Lord Ganesha.
The statues below took between 45 mins to an hour to create. The cost came to about 3 times that of the moulded variety of Lord Ganesha, but were popular and there was no lack of devotees eager to purchase these special statues.
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| This is my favourite statue. Looks like a child reaching out to its parent. Very sweet!! |
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| I love you Mama! Pick me up, I want a hug. |
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| Notice the mouse in-between the statues legs |
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| This year a profusion of artisans on the streets of Tiruvannamalai |
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| Great to see so many young artisans doing this work |
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| Lovely detail on some of the statues |
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| Many villagers from outlying areas have come to Tiruvannamalai for the 2017 Ganesha Chaturthi Festival preparations |
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| Finishing off a statue |
