The Sasivikallu Ganesha statue with the Rat, the Vahan or vehicle of Ganesha, in front.

La statue de Sasivikallu Ganesh avec le Rat, le Vahan, véhicule de Ganesh.

.....There is a large statue of Ganesha whose trunk has been broken off. The rest of the statue is in perfect condition, and I assumed some hooligans broke it off in a drunken stupor. Not so, said my guide Swami. The Muslims did it when they sacked the city in 1565.....

 

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