But eventually, Ganesha became a deity in his own right. The personal god of the Maratha kings. These ideas are missing when one finds the Elephant Buddha in Southeast Asia.

Peter Harvey, a historian of Buddhism and a "faith advisor" at York St John University in the U.K., added that the elephant was also the mythical animal ridden by the pre-Buddhist god Indra, who ...

Buddha's birth and life Siddhartha was born in Lumbini, which is at the border of what is India and Nepal today. His mother, Maya, was the wife of Suddhodana, king of the Shakya clan.

Hinduism’s focus on joy and God contrasted with Buddhism’s austere practices and lack of a personal deity. ... Elephant Jatakas with a Timeless Message (Sept 11, 2023).