A better quality and higher resolution image has been uploaded. This is perhaps one of the finest early examples of Newar painting from Kathmandu, Nepal. The image is also extrordianry because of the subject of Maharakta Ganapati an emanation of Avalokiteshvara. He is an elephant headed deity, red in colour, with twelve arms standing in a dancing posture with a giant blue rat underfoot. In the upper left corner is the mahasiddha Virupa. At the upper right side is Bhutadamara Vajrapani in the unique form associated with Maharakta Ganapati.
