16" Dancing Shiva-Parvati In Brass | Handmade | Made In India - Brass

Dimensions: Shiva-16.5 Inch x 6.5 inch x 5 inch, Parvati-16 inch x 9 inch x 5 inch | Hindu Gods & Goddesses
Brass
Thesynchronized movements captured in this brilliant brass composite carry us tothe pages of the 13th-century treatise on dance- Nritta Ratnavali. It mentionsNatesh (God of Dance) Shiva teaching Laasya to Parvati. Enthralled by thepossibility of being close to Parvati through dance, Shiva asks her to copy hismoves. This heavenly togetherness of Shiva-Shakti is revealed here, in thisbrass dancing Shiva Parvati statue. Parvati, the active female aspect inspiresand empowers Shiva to play hisdamru(drum) whosebeats flow through Srishti (creation) whose personification is- Parvati. Theslender and glistening limbs of Shiva and Parvati are adorned with beautifuljewelry. They wear tasteful dhotis (lower body garments) in the kaccha stylewhose pleats open charmingly in the shape of a fan between their legs. Creepersspring out of the upturned lotus-shaped platform, signaling the germination oflife when Purush (Shiva) and Prakriti (Parvati) come together. The style ofmodeling, jewelry, hairstyle of the subjects, and their meditative expressionssuggest that these brass idols are from Nepal, where Shaivism, centered on thereverence of Shiva and Parvati as the manifestation of the supremeconsciousness is one of the oldest religious traditions.TheNritta Ratnavali describes this divine dance as an esoteric conversationbetween Shiva and Parvati, to remain hidden even from their children.Ganesh, the adored younger child is sometimes said to attemptand mimic the moves of his mother, providing parental bliss to Shiva andParvati with this innocent endeavor. Oh, how similar we are, the children ofShiva and Shakti, looking at the activities of the universe in awe, at the riseand fall of life, whose tangible form is this dancing Shiva-Parvati statue!