Ganesha the Auspicious god

Seated cross-legged upon a fully blossomed lotus against a deep yellow ground, the vermilion-hued Ganesha is represented as an auspicious deity and the remover of obstacles (Vighna-hartā). He holds a goad (aṅkuśa) and battle-axe (paraśu) in his upper hands, while his lower hands hold a rosary (akṣamālā) and a lotus flower.

The sky is rendered as a narrow horizontal strip at the upper edge of the composition, a characteristic device of Pahari miniature painting. The bold contours, saturated colours, simplified spatial treatment, and emphatic decorative quality of the image are characteristic of the Basohli idiom of Pahari painting.