Template:Infobox deity

Ganesha
	Basohli miniature, circa 1730. National Museum, New Delhi, India.
Devanagari	गणेश
Sanskrit transliteration	gaṇeśa
Tamil script	கணேசா
Kannada script	ಗಣೇಶ
Affiliation	Deva
Mantra	ॐ गणेशाय नमः ; (Oṃ Gaṇeśāya Namaḥ)
Weapon	Paraśu (axe); Pāśa (lasso); Aṅkuśa (hook)
Symbols	Aum, modak
Mount	Mouse/rat
Consort	Buddhi (wisdom); Riddhi (prosperity); Siddhi (attainment)

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{{Infobox deity
| type         = 
| name         = 
| deity_of     = <!-- or god_of / Alusi_of -->
| member_of    = 
| image        = 
| alt          = <!-- for alternate text of the title image per [[WP:ALT]] -->
| caption      = 
| other_names  = 
| hiro         = 
| Old_Norse    = 
| Devanagari   = 
| Sanskrit_transliteration = 
| Tamil_script = 
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| Kannada_script = 
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| script_name  = 
| script       = 
| affiliation  = <!-- or | associate = -->
| cult_center  = <!-- or | cult_centre = -->
| planet       = <!-- or | world = -->
| weapon       = <!-- or | weapons = -->
| battles      = 
| artifacts    = <!-- or | artefacts = -->
| animals      = 
| symbol       = <!-- or | symbols = -->
| adherents    =
| height       = 
| age          = 
| tree         =
| day          = 
| color        = <!-- or | colour = -->
| number       = 
| consort      = <!-- or | consorts = -->
| parents      = 
| siblings     = 
| offspring    = <!-- or | children = -->
| predecessor  =
| successor    =
| army         =
| mount        = 
| texts        = 
| gender       =
| Greek_equivalent     = 
| Roman_equivalent     = 
| Etruscan_equivalent  = 
| Christian_equivalent = 
| Slavic_equivalent    = 
| Hinduism_equivalent  = 
| Canaanite_equivalent =
| equivalent1_type = 
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| region       = 
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| festivals    = 
}}

Examples[edit]

{{Infobox deity <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology-->
| type                     = Hindu 
| name                     = Ganesha ({{IAST|Gaṇeśa}})
| image                    = Ganesha Basohli miniature circa 1730 Dubost p73.jpg
| caption                  = [[Basohli Painting|Basohli]] miniature, circa 1730. [[National Museum, New Delhi|National Museum]], [[New Delhi]], [[India]].
| 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]]
}}

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