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 ...
Usually a symbol is placed in the upright rectangle to identify which of the 24 Jain tirthankars is portrayed. This work however lacks this identification.