c/elephants · by JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 60d

Respect as always goes to the almighty Banana-Ganesha

Another guest post from !animals@lemmy.world as I slowly make my way through the archives...

This is a 25-foot statue of the Hindu deity Ganesha, meticulously crafted entirely out of green bananas. Created by the Natraj Club in Sambalpur, Odisha, India, the sculpture utilized over 5 tons of bananas. The banana sculpture is designed to be eco-friendly, with the fruit distributed to devotees and the needy after the festival concludes. --courtesy of the Evil Empire

And remember-- next time you take a photo of something to be shared on the internet, place a Banana-Ganesha next to it to help add scale. :D

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kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 60d (2 replies)

I want a followup picture where it becomes ripe, and turns into a spotty brown molasse

drolex@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 60d (1 reply)

No, they're responsible banana owners, they'll make a 50-ton Ganesha banana bread when they become too ripe

ickplant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 60d

Thank you for reminding me to make banana bread today. The bananas will be forever grateful.

Xanvial@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 60d

Impressive

dharmacurious@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 60d (5 replies)

Absolutely love this. Ganesha is one of my favorite Hindu deities. I've actually got a Ganapati tattoo

JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 2 pts · 60d (4 replies)

When I was a rowdy boy (lol), I used to love playing around with a certain Indian tattooing method. "Hennah," I think it was..?

It was so, so cool to be able to make an interesting tattoo every week (and yeah of course, sometimes they were disasters), but some of them I really wish could have been permanent. Anyway the Ganapati tattoos I'm seeing online look pretty boss!

Note: I don't mean to downplay the religious / spiritual / belief-centric aspects of Hindi deities and iconography whatsoever. To me, there is much beauty and things to admire about the Indus sub-continent, the peoples, customs, Hinduism, Jainism, et cet.

dharmacurious@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 60d (3 replies)

I've always wanted to try out henna, but I don't have the talent to actually do them on myself. Would be a very cool way of testing out a tattoo before commiting!

Here's my Ganapati tattoo. It's just above my knee, so it's longer or shorter depending on if I straighten my like. My baby nephew loves to play "big Ganesha, little Ganesha" by making me slow motion kick my leg out so he can watch Ganesha flex haha

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