Ganesh

Ganesh is the Lord of good fortune who provides prosperity, fortune, success and also one of the best known and loved deities in the Hindu pantheon of gods. He is the deity of beginnings and the remover of obstacles of both material and spiritual kinds. His image is found everywhere in many different forms and people believe that invoking Lord Ganesh before undertaking any task would lead them to success. He is worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal. He is held to be the son of Shiva and Parvati. The statues of Ganesh are spread all across Indonesia, India, Nepal, Tibet, and Southeast Asia. The name Ganesha was given by Shiva. He is depicted with the body of man and the head of an elephant having only one tusk, the other tusk appears to be broken. His unique attributes besides the elephant head is the large belly practically falling over his lower garment. Because of his attributes he is widely revered by almost all castes. Ganesha rides on a mouse which is white in color. He is four-armed, in the two right hands he carries a trisula and laddu i.e. sweet ball and in the two left hands a parasu i.e. axe and a radish.

Once Kumara challenged him to circumambulate the world and the winner prize was to be worshipped by the people first. Kumara travelled the world with his vehicle peacock several times. Ganesh then thinking that he would not be able to complete with his tiny vehicle mouse came out with different idea. He began to circumambulate around the Lord Shiva and Parvati thrice. When they asked the reason for that, he replied that the world was not greater than his parents and circumambulating them. On hearing the wise answer of his son, Lord Shiva and Parvati blessed him that he should be the first deity to be worshipped before any ritual ceremony or propitious occasion.

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Kubera - God of Wealth

Kubera is considered as the treasurer of riches and the god-king of the semi-divine Yakshas in Hindu mythology. In North (Dik-pala) he is regarded as the regent and a protector of the world (Lokapala). Kuber is often picturized as a fat man, adorned with jewels and carrying a money-pot or money-bag, and a club. Lord Kuber is also known as Dzambhala in Tibetan. The obstacle of poverty can be removed with the blessings of Dzambhala and also helps in bringing wealth and abundance to pure Dharma practitioners. While people are bothered by lack of resources it is difficult to attain spiritual realizations, So Dzambhala generates prosperity so that practitioners have time, energy and means to accomplish.

According to the Sutras, while Shakyamuni Buddha was teaching one day, demons tried to disturb and confuse the Buddha and Dzambhala appeared in front of the Buddha and protected him. Identifying Dzambhala’s courageous action, Buddha asked him if he would like to become a Dharma protector in order to help all living beings. Dzambhala acquired the Buddha’s offer and since then he has offered immediate assistance to all who call his name or chant his mantra. His blessings grant good luck, increase virtues, prolong life, increase intelligence, and provide both material and spiritual benefits.

There are five Dzambhalas – yellow, white, black, green and red, of which yellow is considered the most popular and powerful of wealth Gods. Yellow Dzambhala is depicted ornamented with a crown, silk of various colors and beautiful gold and jeweled ornaments. Kubera statues can be placed at your home for daily worship and it is the best way to meditate on his powerful form. It fills the home and the occupants with positivity, success and fortune.

Gesture

He appears in the form of two arms and two legs and is seated imperially upon a throne. His right hand holds bijapuraka (citron) fruit and his left hand cradles a mongoose that spits out precious gems.

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Nepal is a small country

Nepal is a small country which is rich in handicrafts. There are lots of different handicrafts in Nepal such as silver craft, wood craft, ceramics, metal craft and many more. As one of the major handicrafts of Nepal, metal crafts are produced totally by hand with traditional techniques. The city of Patan is the center of metal craft. Most of these craft traditions are prominent display around the Patan. Metal statues are of Buddhist God in Tibetan style, although there are Newari style of Buddhist and Hindu images. They are created either for the trade as well as for religious purposes. Statues are made of metals like copper with partly gold and full gold.
 

Metal statues are made with the process as, first a wax model is created, the shapes are hallow and typically do not contain a clay core while they are being formed, once the wax image is finished then a clay mold is built around it in layers starting with a fine, grained mixture of cow dung and clay and it is fired in high heat, then the wax is poured out through a small opening and replaced by copper. This is allowed to set after that the hardened mold is broken to reveal the metal figure and finally refining tools and paint are used to produce the fine statues. Because copper is very hard to work with it is necessary to mix atleast 8-12 percent of softer metals such as brass and zinc.

Though we are promoting our art as business, we have not received any assistance from concerned authorities, we cannot carry every statue while traveling abroad to give more choices to our clients. We have been taking samples of our product and showing them to our client. But this way in long term sustaining our business is impossible.

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