Lord Ganesha

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Ganesh idols and Ganpati murtis In most Indian homes he is kept twice: once in the mandir, properly, with a lamp lit in front of him, and once somewhere unofficial, over the front door or on the dashboard or at the corner of the desk where the work actually happens. Ganesh, Ganpati, Ganapati, Bappa in Maharashtra, Vinayaka in the south. One deity under several names, invoked before anything begins, which is the whole reason he is never kept to the mandir alone. What it is made of, and what you will live with Two Ganpati murtis can stand the same height and photograph identically, and still be completely different objects three years later. The material decides that, not the picture. Brass is solid metal the whole way through, and it is the only thing here you can pour milk over. If you perform abhishek, that decides it for you. It is poured into a mould made for that one idol and the mould is broken open once the metal has cooled, which is where the detail comes from: a mould built to be used once can hold finer relief than a reusable sand mould, and it is why a cheap brass Ganesha goes soft around the crown and the trunk. Brass darkens over a few months, which is oxidation rather than neglect, and lemon and salt brings it back in about ten minutes. It is also heavy, which matters more than people expect once a wall panel or a dashboard piece is involved. Gold and silver plating is built in three layers: a resin core, a layer of copper over it, then real gold or silver on top. The copper is there because resin cannot be plated directly, and it is what the precious metal keys onto. That construction explains the rest of it. The piece is light, because the core is not metal. The detail stays sharp at a small size. And water is the one thing that ruins it, which is why it is display only. It arrives at its best and asks nothing of you, which is why it is what most people give, and years on a shelf leave it exactly as it was. What wears it away is water, abhishek, and w

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