Meaning the “Auspicious One” and known as The Great God (Mahadeva), Shiva is the most powerful of the Trimurti, the trinity of Hindu Gods along with Brahma and Vishnu. Known as the “Destroyer,” he creates, transforms and protects the universe and is both compassionate and formidable. Often portrayed as a yogi living an austere life at his home on Mount Kailash with his consort Parvati and their children Ganesha and Kartikeya, he is also depicted slaying a host of demons in his fierce state. He is also the patron god of yoga, meditation and the arts and worshipped in his aniconic form as a Lingham.
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Antique bronze Nandi tribal or regional folk art piece with aged patina from use on a home altar. With incised decorative details, delineate sinuous body and graceful long horns it is based on a South Indian humpback cow.
Antique recumbent long horned Nandi seated on a high pedestal throne, with “bejeweled”decorative motifs on head and body. Fashioned as an incense or oil holder for a home puja. Beautiful patina, finely cast.
This colorful terracotta image of Shiva and Parvati is aniconic (symbolic) and figurative. Shiva’s is a symbolic lingham (phallus) and Parvati a deity. Together they represent the union of masculine and feminine, thus all existence
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