قالب:Infobox deity/doc

Ganesha
Ganesha
	Attired in an orange dhoti, an elephant-headed man sits on a large lotus. His body is red in colour and he wears various golden necklaces and bracelets and a snake around his neck. On the three points of his crown, budding lotuses have been fixed. He holds in his two right hands the rosary (lower hand) and a cup filled with three modakas (round yellow sweets), a fourth modaka held by the curving trunk is just about to be tasted. In his two left hands, he holds a lotus above and an axe below, with its handle leaning against his shoulder. Basohli miniature, circa 1730. National Museum, New Delhi, الهند.
Devanagari	गणेश
Sanskrit Transliteration	gaṇeśa
Tamil script	கணேசா
Affiliation	Deva
Mantra	ॐ गणेशाय नमः ; (Oṃ Gaṇeśāya Namaḥ)
Weapon	Paraśu (axe); Pāśa (lasso); Aṅkuśa (hook)
Symbols	Aum, modak
Consort	Buddhi (wisdom); Riddhi (prosperity); Siddhi (attainment)
Mount	Mouse/rat

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Usage

Egyptian deities

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Etruscan deities

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Greek deities

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Roman deities

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Irish deities

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Norse deities

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Slavic deities

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Turkic deities

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Hindu deities

{{Infobox deity<!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology-->
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| region                   = <!--ie. province or area for a regional deity (e.g. Bengal)-->
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Alusi

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All fields

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Examples

{{Infobox deity <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology-->
| type                     = Hindu 
| name                     = Ganesha ({{IAST|Gaṇeśa}})
| image                    = Ganesha Basohli miniature circa 1730 Dubost p73.jpg
| image_size               = 250px
| caption                  = [[Basohli Painting|Basohli]] miniature, circa 1730. [[National Museum, New Delhi|National Museum]], [[New Delhi]], [[الهند]].
| alt                      = Attired in an orange dhoti, an elephant-headed man sits on a large lotus. His body is red in colour and he wears various golden necklaces and bracelets and a snake around his neck. On the three points of his crown, budding lotuses have been fixed. He holds in his two right hands the rosary (lower hand) and a cup filled with three modakas (round yellow sweets), a fourth modaka held by the curving trunk is just about to be tasted. In his two left hands, he holds a lotus above and an axe below, with its handle leaning against his shoulder.
| Devanagari               = {{lang|sa|गणेश}} 
| Sanskrit_transliteration = {{IAST|gaṇeśa}}
| Tamil_script             = 
| affiliation              = [[Deva (Hinduism)|Deva]]
| mantra                   = {{lang|sa|ॐ गणेशाय नमः}} <br />({{IAST|Oṃ Gaṇeśāya Namaḥ}})
| weapon                   = {{IAST|[[Paraśu]]}} (Axe),<br /> [[Pāśa]] (Lasso), <br />[[Ankus|{{IAST|Aṅkuśa}}]] (Hook)
| consort                  = [[Buddhi]] (wisdom),<br />[[Riddhi]] (prosperity),<br />[[Siddhi]] (attainment)
| mount                    = [[Mouse]]/[[rat]]
| symbols                  = [[Aum]], [[modak]]
}}