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Tamil temple lore narrates that once the gods and sages had gathered at Shiva's abode, they prayed their respects to Shiva and Parvati. However, the sage Bhringi had vowed to worship only one deity, Shiva, and ignored Parvati while worshipping and circumambulating him. Agitated, Parvati cursed Bhringi to lose all his flesh and blood, reducing ...
In the cibukothhapana pose, Shiva holds Parvati's chin, and looks into her shy gaze. [5] The images are usually shown seated over a throne, and their respective vahanas (vehicles), Shiva's bull, and Parvati's lion, are shown crouched beneath the throne, with the pendant legs of each deity kept above their respective vahanas.
Sati-Parvati appears in the epic period (400 BCE–400 CE), as both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata present Parvati as Shiva's wife. However, it is not until the plays of Kalidasa (5th–6th centuries) and the Puranas (4th through the 13th centuries) that the stories of Sati-Parvati and Shiva acquire more comprehensive details.
A depressed Shiva returned to his ascetic world while Sati was reborn as Parvati, daughter of Himavat, king of the mountains and personification of the Himalayas, and his wife, Mena. Himavat appreciated Shiva ardently. Consequently, Parvati like Sati, won Shiva over by her penance and married him. [21] [44]
In Hindu legendry, Parvati, wife of Shiva, once closed the eyes of her husband playfully in a flower garden at their palace atop Mount Kailash. Although only a moment for the gods and goddesses, all light was taken from the universe, and the earth, in turn, was submerged in darkness for years.
Shiva and Parvati are depicted seated on Mount Kailash in the upper portion of the portrayal, while Ravana, lifting the mount is portrayed in the lower register. In the upper register, the central figures are the four-armed Shiva and to his left hand side, Parvati, who clings to her husband with her two arms flung around him. [7]
English: Display Artist: Nainsukh Creation Date: last quarter 18th century Display Dimensions: 6 9/16 in. x 9 5/8 in. (16.7 cm x 24.45 cm) Credit Line: Edwin Binney 3rd Collection Accession Number: 1990.1285