Ganesha (Niritya- Ganapati), in five of his hands, he holds the angulia (upper right), Kuthara (lower right), the coil serpent (upper left), the rubypot with modakas (lower left) and the danta (middle left); while the sixth hand is shown as hanging freely to accentuate the dancing posture. His belly is girdled by a serpent, while the sacred thread, which is also in the form of a serpent, hangs from over his left shoulder. He is wearing a three-tiered crown-like headdress, and above it are two flying Gandharvas carrying garlands. Two attendants are in a dancing posture with musical instruments, and the lyre and Khanjura are shown on the pedestal on either side of Ganesha. The mouse appears in a niche of the pedestal. From Eksari Saran 11th c.AD.
