indospyder

Dear all, I have recently renovated a 2000-year old Shiva temple, Pasupati kovil, near Thanjavur in South India. In this temple there a unique idol of Lord Ganesa. The sitting ganesa has his trunk on the yoni of a Shakthi seated on his left lap and under his right foot there stands a figure with folded hands. According to a leading epigraphist and temple historian who visited this temple, this form of Ganesa is not seen seen anywhere else. He says that there exists a legend that goes like this: Once there was a war between the Devas and the Asuras. In this battle the asuras far outnumbered the devas as new ones kept springing out of the yoni of their Shakthi. Devas had to take the help of Ganesa who blocked the yoni of the Shakthi thus preventing further procreation of asuras. The standing figure under Ganesha's right foot is the deva king. Can anybody throw some light on this significance, please? om-namasivaya om-namasivaya om-namasivaya sivayanama-om.