• ARDHANĀRĪŚVARA & GANEŚA • 🔱📿 • ~1795-1805.
Rijksmuseum public domain.
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The right side, of bluish complexion, represents Shiva. He wears a cobra as his sacred cord, and from his ascetic bun flows the river Ganga. On the left, Parvati is dressed in a rich sari, bracelets on her wrists. In the center of the forehead, the god and goddess share the third eye.
Both father and mother, the deity looks down on Ganesha, her elephant-headed child.
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