Sasivekalu Ganesha

Sasivekalu Ganesha is a 2.4 meter tall, beautifully built monolithic statue of Lord Ganesha, constructed by a businessman from Chandragiri (now in Andhra), in 1506 AD. As per my guide, the Chandragiri trader had a great business in Hampi and to celebrate his successful venture; he built this state of Ganesha, where he is sitting on a lotus flower, and his belly is tied up with a snake. There is a story that Lord Ganesha love to eat laddu and one day he ate so many of these tasty laddus that his belly was just going to explode. So, Ganesha tied his stomach with a snake, and this scene is manifested in Sasivekalu Ganesha.