DHYANASTHA SHIVJI (meditating Shiva)
Depictions of Gods in the Hindu pantheon , is a great art form in itself.There are messages within symbols, codes within attributes and attributes hidden in codes.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. Whats notable in Lord Shiva's ascetic picture,here, 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 is possibly from the time he was not yet married to parvati ji, or the timeline in between sati and parvati.
and this is the way the Bhakt may "read" pictures and understand a story within a story.Aum namah Shivaya!
(shail gulhati)
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