Shiva statue Super large 240cm

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Beautiful for indoors and outdoors, this large Shiva eye-catcher, 85cm deep, 123cm wide, made of high-quality cast stone, black/brown pattinated.
Height size: 240cm

• Opp size: 123x85cm
• Colour: black/grey
• High-quality cast stone
• Suitable for indoor and outdoor use
• Handmade
• Delivered quickly
• Many of this series can also be viewed in our store
• Shiva is one of the most important gods of Hinduism. He is often depicted as an ascetic. He is dressed in a tiger skin or an elephant skin, both of which are references to two demons he once destroyed. Its body is grayish or white in color because it smears itself with the ash from the cremation sites. He wears his hair in long braided locks like many ascetics in India wear. He has three eyes, the third adorns his forehead. From this third eye he can cause fire to rage, destroying the universe as creation comes to an end. Shiva unites many opposites in his figure and the attributes he carries. This is, Hindus explain, because he is a god who encompasses the entire universe, from high to low, from clean to unclean. For example, in one ear he wears an earring that is only worn by low-caste village women, while in the other ear hangs an earring in the shape of a mythical crocodile that only Brahmins wear. In one of his hands he carries a drum, damaroe, which resembles an hourglass. With this drum he indicates the rhythm of creation. One of his other hands carries a blazing fire with which he destroys the world. On his head he wears flowers including the highly poisonous datura, a flower from which hallucinogenic substances can be distilled. Around his neck he wears poisonous snakes, symbols of death. On his head he also wears a crescent moon, a death symbol. His mount is the bull Nandi. Nandi is almost always located in front of the entrance of a Shiva temple. Shiva is traditionally the god of ascetics. Many of his followers are saddhus (holy men), who travel alone or in groups throughout India, have their bodies smeared with ashes, often perform penance in bizarre ways and can be recognized by the three horizontal stripes they have painted on their foreheads. . Their attribute is the trident. The wives of Shiva are known by many forms and names. Parvati is the most famous spouse of Shiva, who has become the symbol of the docile, submissive woman. She had to passively watch as Shiva committed adultery with beautiful ladies at all times, but he always came back to her. Parvati is the peaceful form of the concept of shakti (feminine energy). However, it can also manifest itself in other fierce forms: Durga, Chamunda or Kali. Durga is often worshiped as an independent goddess, who no longer has anything to do with Shiva. She was specially created, with her own weapons, to save the gods from a terrible disaster. As Kali (‘the black one’), Parvati appears in her most terrible form. She is black, her tongue hangs out of her bloody mouth, covered in severed human heads and skulls, and wanders over horrible fields of the dead. She is expected to provide help where no god has more power. It is also striking that the lowest castes are allowed to worship her, which makes her following so large. She is the only one to receive blood sacrifices; during her festival, numerous black, male animals ranging from cats to buffalos are sacrificed to her.

• Height size: 68cm
• Opp size: 50 x 27cm
• Colour: black/grey
• High-quality cast stone
• Suitable for indoor and outdoor use
• Handmade
• Delivered quickly
• Many of this series can also be viewed in our store

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