Wednesday 8 April 2015

DHYANASTHA SHIVJI


DHYANASTHA SHIVJI
Depictions of Gods in the Hindu pantheon ,s a great art in itself.There are messages within symbols, codes within attributes.Even the vahan or savari, or vehicle of the God is important for identification. For example Shivji rides a Bull, and Durga rides a Lion,Vishnuji is the rider of Garuda, and so on. sometimes there are tell tale signs to decipher the timeline, of these otherwise immeasurable Divinities. For example,Whats notable about Lord Shiva's ascetic picture, is the colour of the matty hair.
It depicts somewhat how indifferent he has been to its care,
immersed only in God consciousness.
By contrast most pics of him with Parvati show well combed hair, or well 'groomed' hair.!!
so, this picture is possibly from the time he was not yet married to Parvat,i or the timeline in between Sati and Parvati.
Aum namah Shivaya!

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