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While the art can be realistic or cartoonish, characters often have large eyes (female characters usually have larger eyes than male characters), small noses, tiny mouths, and flat faces. Psychological and social research on facial attractiveness has pointed out that the presence of childlike, neotenous facial features increases attractiveness ...
The union of Purusha (Shiva) and Prikriti (Shiva's energy, Shakti) generates the universe, an idea also manifested in the union of the Linga of Shiva and Yoni of Devi creating the cosmos. [57] [58] [59] The Mahabharata lauds this form as the source of creation. [46] Ardhanarishvara also suggests the element of Kama or Lust, which leads to ...
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In contemporary culture, Shiva is depicted in art, films, and books. He has been referred to as "the god of cool things" [391] and a "bonafide rock hero". [392] One popular film was the 1967 Kannada movie Gange Gowri. [393] A 1990s television series of DD National titled Om Namah Shivay was also based on legends of Shiva. [394]
Ishana is described as having three eyes, a tranquil appearance and white complexion, dressed with a white cloth and a tiger's skin. [9] On his head, a jata-makuta which has on top of it the crescent moon must be placed. [9] He may be seated on a white bull, or simply in the padmasana though being seated on the bull is preferred. [9]
The right half is the male Shiva with a moustache, while the left half is the female Parvati; the eyes, the lips, the earrings (a serpent and floral earring) as well as the sides of the crown may differ in the halves. Bhairava, the terrible form of Shiva, is generally depicted angry; however may have a gentler expression. He wears serpent ...
Vithoba is often depicted as a dark young boy, standing arms akimbo on a brick, sometimes accompanied by his consort Rakhumai. Vithoba is the focus of an essentially monotheistic , non-ritualistic bhakti -driven [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Varkari faith in Maharashtra and the Haridasa sect established in Dvaita Vedanta in Karnataka.