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The inner one houses the murti and has a Mushika Ganesha's mouse vahana with modaka in his forepaws in front of it.
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The earliest Ganesha images are without a vahana mount.
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Compare also the "Dadhi-vahana-jataka," No. 186, which is connected with our No. 27.
Filipino Popular Tales Dean Spruill Fansler
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71 Jain depictions of Ganesha show his vahana variously as a mouse, elephant, tortoise, ram, or peacock.
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mollusque commented on the word vahana
An animal or entity closely associated with a Hindu deity, as a vehicle or emblem.
December 16, 2007