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 | consort = [[Consorts of Ganesha#Buddhi (Wisdom)|Buddhi]], [[Riddhi]] and [[Siddhi]] or [[brahmacharya|celibate]]
 | deity_of = God of New Beginnings, Wisdom and Luck <br/> Remover of Obstacles{{Sfn|Heras|1972|p=58}}{{Sfn|Getty|1936|p= 5}}<br/>Supreme God (Ganapatya)
-| image = Ganesha Basohli miniature circa 1730 Dubost p73.jpg
+| image = Ganesh on his vahana, a mouse or rat; bazaar art, 1910.jpg
-| caption = [[Basohli]] miniature, c. 1730. [[National Museum, New Delhi]].<ref>"Ganesha getting ready to throw his lotus. Basohli miniature, circa 1730. National Museum, New Delhi. In the {{IAST|Mudgalapurāṇa}} (VII, 70), in order to kill the demon of egotism ({{IAST|Mamāsura}}) who had attacked him, {{IAST|Gaṇeśa Vighnarāja}} throws his lotus at him. Unable to bear the fragrance of the divine flower, the demon surrenders to {{IAST|Gaṇeśha}}." For quotation of description of the work, see: {{Harvard citation no brackets|Martin-Dubost|1997|p=73}}.</ref>
+| caption = Ganesha on ride his [[Mouse]]
-| alt = Attired in an orange dhoti, an elephant-headed man sits on a large lotus. His body is red in colour and he wears various golden necklaces and bracelets and a snake around his neck. On the three points of his crown, budding lotuses have been fixed. He holds in his two right hands the rosary (lower hand) and a cup filled with three modakas (round yellow sweets), a fourth modaka held by the curving trunk is just about to be tasted. In his two left hands, he holds a lotus in the upper hand and an axe in the lower one, with its handle leaning against his shoulder.
 | affiliation = [[Deva (Hinduism)|Deva]], [[Brahman]] ([[Ganapatya]]), [[Saguna Brahman]] ([[Panchayatana puja]])
 | mantra = {{IAST|Oṃ Ekadantaya Vidmahe,Vakrathundaya Dhimahi,Thanno Danthi Prachodhayat}}
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 {{further|Ganesha Purana|Mudgala Purana|Ganapati Atharvashirsa}}
 [[File:Prambanan-ganesha.jpg|thumb|upright|175px|left|Ganesha statue in 9th-century [[Prambanan]] [[Yogyakarta]] , [[Indonesia]]]]
-[[File:Ganesha.jpg|thumb|Ganesha statue in 20th-century Muesum cham, [[Da Nang|Danang]], [[Vietnam]]]]
+[[File:Ganesha.jpg|thumb|Ganesha statue in 20th-century Cham Muesum, [[Central Vietnam]]]]
 Once Ganesha was accepted as one of the five principal deities of Hinduism, some Hindus chose Ganesha as their principal deity. They developed the [[Ganapatya]] tradition, as seen in the ''Ganesha Purana'' and the ''Mudgala Purana''.<ref>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Thapan|1997}}, pp. 196–197. Addresses the {{IAST|pañcāyatana}} in the {{IAST|Smārta}} tradition and the relationship of the ''Ganesha Purana'' and the ''Mudgala Purana'' to it.</ref>