Hand Carved Painted Elephant

According to Buddhist iconography, animals are related to virtues, to what is pure in essence, and therefore the common connection with the divine.

Both Hindu mythology and Indian culture recognize and transfer the nobility of the elephant to decorative art. Its image as a symbol of wisdom, prosperity, stability and guide in removing obstacles appears in Hinduism in the iconography of Lord Ganesha, elephant god, and in the figure of Airâvata, vahana (vehicle) of Indra - the elephant of the clouds.