Doctor collects 480 Ganeshas, and wants more

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Doctor collects 480 Ganeshas, and wants more

 

By Vinay Krishna Rastogi in Lucknow Dr Chandra Balasubramanium’s drawing room

looks more like a museum. She boasts of having the largest collection of Lord

Ganesha idols in India. In fact, Ganesha is her passion and since the last 22

years she has collected 480 different and exquisite Ganeshas in different

shapes and sizes. The collection includes Lord Ganesha's idols made in gold,

silver, copper, ivory, marble, amethyst, plastic, mud, rose wood, fibre,

sandal, crystal, Bohemian glass, log wood, wax, khus and white wood. Every

statue is different from the other in shape, size, use of material and “Bhavas”

or “Mudras” of the Lord. There are 32 divine forms of Lord Ganesha according to

religious scriptures and she can recall all of them on her finger tips. This

Deepawali she has enriched her collection with a unique Lord Ganesha made of

supari (betel–nut) and Haldi (turmeric). She also has Ganeshas made of

tiger–eye, agate, turquoise, soft stone, serpentine stone, jade, God stone,

coral and pearl. The largest one weighs 50 kgs while the smallest one measures

just one centimetre and is as light as a feather. Dr Subramanium has traveled

not only the length and breadth of India to enrich her collection but also

abroad. She once met an American couple who told her that although they were

Christians, they worshipped Lord Ganesha and Goddess Laxshmi. They were willing

to offer a huge sum of money for just one exquisite piece which she had, but Dr

Balasubramanium refused the handsome offer. Dr Subramanium hopes that in the

next 20 years her collection would cross the figure of 5000. "Lord Ganesh is my

passion. I don’t mind that a large part of my earnings are spent in buying Lord

Ganeshas," she says. She believes that positive energies from so many Ganeshas

make her house vibrant. She says that the sanctified ambience of her drawing

room can keep ailments away provided one has deep faith in Lord Ganesha.

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