Ganesh seated on Naga Peedam Brass Antique 5.5 inch Fibre simply Amman or Mari Aatha Saint Sri Ragavendra is simply Amman or Mari Aatha ("mother") is the South Indian Village Goddess (Grama devata Kaval Deivam) of rain mostly connected to "heat based" diseases (Small Pox Chicken Pox) and drought predominant in the rural areas of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka the first line is meant to remove pride (Ahankar) 5 inches height seated on a Naga Peedam (Snake Thorne) with graceful face holding lotus on two of his holy hands along with Anugraha Mudhra on one of Holy Right hand tasting his favourite Modhakam (Kozhukatai sweet made of Rice flour) on the Left hand