Shiva bust 68cm

Description

Beautiful for indoors and outdoors, this large Shiva eye-catcher, 68 cm tall, 50 cm wide, made of high-quality cast stone, black/brown patinated.
Size height: 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
• 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 are references to two demons he once destroyed. Its body is grayish or white in color because it smears itself with the ashes of the cremation sites. He wears his hair in long braided locks as many ascetics in India wear it. He has three eyes, the third on his forehead. From this third eye he can make fire blaze forth and with it he destroys the universe when creation comes to an end. Shiva unites many opposites in his stature and in the attributes he carries. This, Hindus explain, is 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 his other ear hangs an earring in the shape of a mythical crocodile as only brahmins wear. In one of his hands he carries a drum, damaroo, 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 serpents, symbols of death. On his head he also wears a crescent moon, a symbol of death. His mount is the bull Nandi. Nandi is almost always 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 all over India, have their bodies smeared with ashes, often perform bizarre penances and can be recognized by the three horizontal stripes they have painted on their foreheads. . Their attribute is the trident. Shiva’s wives are known by many forms and names. Parvati is the most famous consort of Shiva, who has become the symbol of the docile submissive woman. She had to passively watch as Shiva committed adultery with beautiful ladies, 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 in itself has nothing to do with Shiva. She was specially created, with her own weapons, to save the gods from a terrible disaster. As Kali (“the black”), Parvati appears in her most terrible form. She is black, her tongue hangs out of her bloody mouth, garnished with severed human heads and skulls, and wanders about hideous graveyards. She is supposed to help where no god has more power. It is also striking that it is precisely the lowest castes that are allowed to worship her, which makes her following so large. She alone receives blood sacrifices; during her festival, numerous black, male animals, ranging from cats to buffaloes, are sacrificed to her.

• Size height: 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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