Shiva, Ganesh, Bhairava
Shiva and Family (Shiva Parivar)
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The image of Shiva-Shakti, where Siva and Parvati appear together as husband and wife is popular in both Indian and Newar art. But they are also represented together with their two miraculously created 'sons', Ganesha and Kumara, in a 'divine family' assembly known as Shiva Parivar or 'Shiva's...
Wooden Mask of Bhairava
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This intricate composition depicting the 'Wooden Mask of Akasha Bhairava' was painted for me by Samundra in 2008, and is based upon an earlier black-and-white composition of the Mask of Bhairava by Gyankar Bajracharya, which also appears in this gallery. But while Gyankar's two-dimensional version...
Shiva Nataraja
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Shiva, the Great Ascetic Lord, is depicted here in his aspect as Nataraja, the 'Lord of the Dance', in which he combines the dramatic sentiments of tandava or 'fierce wildness' and lasya or 'erotic dance'. With his right foot drawn up and his extended left leg bent in dancing...
Ardhanarishvara (Shiva-Shakti)
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Ardhanarishvara, the 'Lord (ishvara) who is half (ardha) woman (nari)', is a composite form of Shiva and his consort Shakti (Parvati), fused into one body as Shiva-Shakti. In this beautiful painting by Sukha Raj, the trinity of Shiva-Shakti and their two sons, Ganesha and Kumara, appear together as...
B/W Ardhanarishvara
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Ardhanarishvara, meaning the 'Lord (ishvara) who is half (ardha) woman (nari)', is a composite form of Shiva and his consort Parvati fused into one body, similarly to how in Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus, the son of Hermes and Aphrodite, merged with the nymph Salmacis to form...
Seated Ardhanarishvara
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Ardhanarishvara, meaning the 'Lord who is half woman', is a composite and androgynous image of Shiva-Shakti, or Shiva and his consort Parvati or Umadevi, united together in one bodily form. As in the iconography of virtually all Hindu and Buddhist deities-in-union depictions the male occupies the...
White Ganapati
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Ganesh or Ganapati, the endearing elephant-headed god and son of Shiva and Parvati, is perhaps the most popular deity in the entire Hindu pantheon. And he is depicted here in his Newar aspect as White Chandra Ganapati, whose blessings are said to be beneficial in curing all kinds of diseases and...
B/W Ganesh
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In this sepia painting four-armed Ganesh (Ganapati) is shown dancing in tandavi or bow-and-arrow posture, with his right leg drawn up and his left foot resting upon the saddle-cloth of his vehicle, a long-nosed Asian shrew or chuchundra. The shrew gazes upward at Ganesh, with its four...
Two-Armed Ganesh
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This vibrant composition by the Newar artists Raj Prakash Tuladhar and Ram Prakash Shrestha depicts the elephant-headed deity, Ganesh or Ganapati, in his white two-armed aspect. His three-eyed face gazes towards the right, his forehead is marked with the three vermilion lines and lower crescent of...
Heads of Bhairava and Kaumari
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This oil portrait was painted by Samundra Man Singh Shrestha in 2008, and depicts the two-armed aspects of the mother-goddess Kaumari and her consort, Chanda Bhairava. The assemblies of the 'eight mothers' (astamatrika) and the 'eight Bhairavas' (astabhairava) are of great importance in the Newar...
Kaumari With Chanda Bhairava
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This magnificent oil painting by Samundra Man Singh Shrestha took five months to paint. It was completed in 2006, and is Samundra's most ambitious composition to date. The painting depicts the four-armed mother goddess Kaumari, as she offers a skull-cup of blood from a freshly sacrificed buffalo to...
Sathya Sai Baba
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For some people it may seem strange to include this portrait of India's most famous, and now somewhat controversial, miracle-working guru in the Hindu Deity gallery of this website. But for countless Hindus of India and Nepal, Sathya Sai Baba has long been recognized as a living embodiment of the...
