Ganesha

Mudgala Purana and Ganesha Purana mention the thirty –two forms of Ganapathy. Sritattvanidhi, written by the Maharaja of Mysore, Krishnaraja Wodeyar III, list the thirty-two forms of Ganapathy with the painting, accompanied by a short Sanskrit meditation verse (dhyanasloka), written in Kannada script. The dhyanasloka list the attributes of each form. Though the text says these meditation forms are from the Mudgala Purana, they differ from the ones mentioned in Mudgala Purana. Stucco sculptures of these thirty-two manifestations of Ganapathy are installed in the outer precincts on the 20-ft high wall on the northern side.