A very humanized baby Ganesh, resembling the infant Krishna, devotedly embraces a lingam
Source: ebay, Sept. 2001
Here, Ganesh seems to have actually merged into the lingam (bazaar art, c.1980's)
Source: ebay, Oct. 2007
Baby Ganesh, in his turn, is devotedly admired by Shiva and Parvati, his parents; he's also *blessed by the three great gods*
Source: ebay, May 2007
Baby Ganesh in another adorable pose, suited for worship, resembling one of the child Krishna's poses (a modern watercolor)
Source: http://www.exoticindia.com/product/HE22/
(downloaded Sept. 2006)
Shiva himself can even be depicted as an adorable Krishna-like child; *another view*
Source: ebay, Jan. 2006
The child Krishna and the child Ganesh lovingly worship Shiva (bazaar art, c.1980's)
Source: ebay, Sept. 2007
Source: ebay, Jan. 2008
Ganesh meditates on his parents, who returns his gaze affectionately (bazaar art, c.1990's); *a similar scene involving only Shiva*
Source: ebay, Sept. 2008
Shravan Kumar lovingly carries his own aged and crippled father and mother on a pilgrimage (modern bazaar art); the story of his "pitra-bhakti" is told in the Ramayana; *another version of the same scene*
Source: ebay, Sept. 2007
Here, unusually, ordinary human devotees (of Vishnu as Satyanarayan) are shown, with a priest, in a Bengali religious print (c.1940's?)
Source: ebay, Oct. 2006
Worship of Vishnu as Satyanarayan, in an idealized rural setting; bazaar art, c.1970's
Source: ebay, June 2008
A husband and wife, at left, sponsor worship of Vishnu as Satyanarayan by a priest, at right; bazaar art, c.1980's; *a larger scan*; and *a slightly more rustic (earlier) version*
Source: ebay, Dec. 2007
The goddess Santoshi Mata, who rose to prominence in the 1900's, is shown surrounded by devotees; the boys in white are to be fed as part of her worship (bazaar art, c.1970's); *another, similar view*
Source: ebay, Dec. 2007
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