This statue of the divine Hindu couple, the great god Shiva and his wife Parvati, would have probably been placed above a door to a temple. Hindu worshippers used sculptures to develop a close ...

But in our sculpture, Shiva is not alone. Nestling in his lap, and lovingly encircled by one of his four arms, is his wife Parvati. Both are similarly dressed, with decorated loin cloths ...

This beguiling sculpture, at the Metropolitan Museum ... To achieve acceptance by Shiva, Parvati performed acts of extreme asceticism and penance. He rewarded her by absorbing her into himself.

Libby Purves meets actor Brian Cox and singer June Tabor. Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Shiva and Parvati sculpture (made in twelfth or thirteenth century). Stone statue ...

Special Features: Depictions of Shiva with Parvati and Nandi This modest temple features a square sanctum and refined sculptures, including a remarkable relief of Shiva with Parvati and Nandi ...

At the heart of it all sculptures stands a colossal 30-foot-high sculpture of Lord Shiva – known as the ... and goddess Parvati, told him that in order to be a part of the entourage, he needed ...

Lord Shiva ’s Harihar form and Shiva Parvati sculpture in ivory. If you are interested in knowing about different forms of Lord Shiva, the State Museum has about 300 artefacts to quench your ...

also known as Parvati; a 10th-century bronze head of the Buddhist deity, Avalokiteshvara; and other stone sculptures of Shiva, Ardhanarishvara, and warriors featured in Mahabharata. The 70 ...

After its renovation by the British, and then the Indian government after 1947, the cave temples now stand fit to display a series of sculptures from Hindu mythology, primarily focusing on Shiva and ...

Parvati, Ganga, Ganesha and Uma-Maheshwar (locally known as Hirimba), etc. Besides the gigantic figures, miniature forms of Shiva heads, tortoises, lingas, etc are also found carved on the rock ...

Shiva and Parvati engaged in a game of dice in Kailash Western wing (K on map): Cave 1 has extensions on both the eastern and western sides. The western section is small and houses only a couple of ...