Nepal:

As Buddhist Vinayaka, Ganesa was represented in a dancing attitude and was known as Nrtta-Ganapati. But this form is rarely to be met with except in paintings. The Nrtta-Ganapati was popular in north India; it was adopted in Nepal and also found its way into Tibet. In this form he is usually shown red in colour and standing on rat. The rat holds the jewel Cintamni in his mouth.

Dancing Ganesa (Nepal)

Ganesa has a third eye, just as Siva has in India. He has twelve hands which are shown carrying the Tantric symbols. The Nepalese form seldom carries the broken tusk (bhagna-danta) but in its place we usually find a radish (mula-kanda) which has been prescribed by Varahamihira in his Brhatsamhitii.6

There are some temples of Ganesa in Nepa1. Among these, one near Zimpi- Tandu can be dated, on the basis of epigraphical evidence, to 8th-10th cent. A.D. Another temple of Siddha-Vinayaka is at Shanku. To the north of Thankot is a temple of Ganesa which has, in addition, the representations of Sapta-matrkas. It may incidentally be stated that the Sapta-matrkas are accompanied by Ganesa in India.

In the Nepalese harvest festivals, Parvati is represented as a young girl, accompanied' by two boys Ganesa and Mahakala. It may be recalled in this connection that Ganesa is associated with harvest festivals in western India, particularly in Konkan.7