This Ganesh is a portrayal of an incident when Shiva returned. Namely a younger sister was so afraid of the stranger she jumped into a barrel of salt. When the situation calmed down she could not be found for some time. Ganesh holds the lid of the salt barrel. Also interesting about this Ganesh is his trunk. There no longer are elephants on the ...
Strangely both the front and back sides have identical images of Ganesh. No one has been able to explain why such an image was made since one side would always be unseen.
