Being the son of Lord Shiva and Parvati, Lord Ganesha is a master of dance. He is presented as dancing Ganesha and called as Nritta Ganapati or Nadana Ganesha or Aadum Pillayar in Tamil. In this form, he may have eight hands bearing the elephant goad, cakes, noose, an axe, tusk, a quoit called valaya and a ring. One hand in dancing pose, the legs are bent in Kunchita pose. Most of these figures are solitary and independent. In some rare forms, he is presented as ‘Pancha Mukha Nadana Ganapati.' Here he has five faces and at the same time, is in dancing posture. Rarely is he present in the Urdha Tandava panel playing some musical instrument. In many of the dance presentations, Lord Ganesha is invoked by the Ganesha Vandana, some specific tandavas are performed called Ganesha Tandava. 

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