Within the square is the Siva linga, the symbol for Siva. On the wall at the back is a crude representation of Siva's wife, Parvati, riding on the lion, her vehicle
Kailasnath [sic] was dedicated primarily to Sivahowever, included in the imagery of this god is the ...
This little Radha-Krishna shrine is set up by the side of a street in Banaras where pilgrims pass al...
(Rowland, p. 188) The representation of Siva's Wedding is a timeless scene of bliss, its setting a d...
Interior of the small Siva shrine near the Durga temple. The upright, rounded post is the Siva linga...
This Siva shrine in northern India is typical of many seen in that area, quite different from the so...
Small Siva shrine, near the Durga temple in Banarasin front of it is a neglected Siva linga
The Linga has been a fetish in Indian religion since the Indus Valley Civilization was extant and ha...
The lingam is that of Tarakesvar, West Bengal, a famous Saivite shrine of Eastern India, and this pi...
Elephanta is an island in the Bay of Bombay and was a capital city at one time, conquered by both th...
The triune image is that of Siva manifest as quiddity (Tatpurusa), in the central face. Together wit...
There is some tendency in Pala sculpture, exaggerated in the following period of the Senas, [toward]...
On festive occasions when the images are carried in processions, one of the images representing Siva...
Example of ornate type of portal now appearing, Projecting lintel-cornice overhangs the elaborate fr...
Shows Guler painting of the mid-18th century at a time when lush naturalism has superseded stark sim...
Saiva cult is a primordial cult and it has pervaded all over India. Archaeological and historical re...
Kailasnath [sic] was dedicated primarily to Sivahowever, included in the imagery of this god is the ...
This little Radha-Krishna shrine is set up by the side of a street in Banaras where pilgrims pass al...
(Rowland, p. 188) The representation of Siva's Wedding is a timeless scene of bliss, its setting a d...
Interior of the small Siva shrine near the Durga temple. The upright, rounded post is the Siva linga...
This Siva shrine in northern India is typical of many seen in that area, quite different from the so...
Small Siva shrine, near the Durga temple in Banarasin front of it is a neglected Siva linga
The Linga has been a fetish in Indian religion since the Indus Valley Civilization was extant and ha...
The lingam is that of Tarakesvar, West Bengal, a famous Saivite shrine of Eastern India, and this pi...
Elephanta is an island in the Bay of Bombay and was a capital city at one time, conquered by both th...
The triune image is that of Siva manifest as quiddity (Tatpurusa), in the central face. Together wit...
There is some tendency in Pala sculpture, exaggerated in the following period of the Senas, [toward]...
On festive occasions when the images are carried in processions, one of the images representing Siva...
Example of ornate type of portal now appearing, Projecting lintel-cornice overhangs the elaborate fr...
Shows Guler painting of the mid-18th century at a time when lush naturalism has superseded stark sim...
Saiva cult is a primordial cult and it has pervaded all over India. Archaeological and historical re...
Kailasnath [sic] was dedicated primarily to Sivahowever, included in the imagery of this god is the ...
This little Radha-Krishna shrine is set up by the side of a street in Banaras where pilgrims pass al...
(Rowland, p. 188) The representation of Siva's Wedding is a timeless scene of bliss, its setting a d...