At a Glance
Shiva: Media
Hindu deity
Images
Shiva and Family at the Burning Ground, opaque watercolor on paper, in the...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; photograph A.C. Cooper
Seal depicting a figure that may be an early form of Shiva, from the Indus valley...
© Angelo Hornak/Alamy
Statues of the divine couple Shiva and Parvati, joined by their elephant-headed son,...
© Creative Touch Imaging Ltd.—NurPhoto/Getty Images
Shiva Carrying the Dead Sati, watercolor on paper from Calcutta (now Kolkata),...
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Stella Kramrisch Collection, 1994 (1994-148-559)
Madan-Bhasma (“Kama [Madana] Turned to Ash”; listed as “Madan-Bhasma (Shiva...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 2013 (2013.1); www.metmuseum.org
Shiva and Parvati's wedding, with the Hindu god Brahma officiating, relief in the...
Sanjay Acharya
A Ganesha shrine with devotional objects, outside the Shiva Nataraja (“Lord of the...
© Charles Preston
A Nepali devotee performing rituals at the Kala Bhairava temple in Basantapur Durbar...
© Godong—Universal Images Group/Getty Images
The Churning of the Ocean of Milk, depicting demons (asuras) on...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin N. Haas, 1977 (1977.443.2), www.metmuseum.org
The descent of the Ganges, sometimes called “Arjuna's Penance,” rock-cut relief;...
Frederick M. Asher
A large statue of Shiva, outside the Shivoham Shiva Temple, Bengaluru, Karnataka,...
© Rameshng—Moment/Getty Images
An ice stalagmite revered as a lingam, inside the Amarnath cave, in the Himalayas in...
© Yawar Nazir/Getty Images
Flowers adorning a Shiva lingam placed in a yoni; at the Patan Museum, Kathmandu,...
© Charles Preston
A lingam of Shiva depicting the story of his appearance as an endless pillar of fire,...
© Charles Preston
Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja), bronze, from southern India, Chola...
The Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham Fund (1965.1130), www.artic.edu
Shiva, Parvati, and Their Son Skanda (Somaskandamurti), copper alloy, from...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, in honor of Cynthia Hazen and Leon B. Polsky, 1982 (1982.220.10), www.metmuseum.org
Sculpture of Nandi at Chamundi Hill, Mysuru (Mysore), Karnataka, India.
© Aleksandar Todorovic/Shutterstock.com
The Marriage of Shiva and Parvati: The Wedding of the Charming One, plaque...
Photograph by art_traveller. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, IM70-1930
A goat and bicycles standing outside the Apatsahayesvarar Shiva Temple, Alangudi,...
© Charles Preston
Hindu priests performing arti during Maha Shivaratri, at Pashupatinath Temple,...
© Prabin Ranabhat/SOPA Images—LightRocket/Getty Images
Shiva lingam adorned with bilva fruit and other offerings during Maha Shivaratri.
© Dibyendu Kumar Roy/Dreamstime.com
One of Shiva's 12 jyotirlingas, or columns of light, at the Kashi Vishwanath...
© robertharding/Alamy
Temple dedicated to Shiva at Somnath, Gujarat, India.
Baldev/Shostal Associates
The central vimana (spire) of Brihadishvara Temple towering over the temple's...
©RealityImages/stock.adobe.com
Shiva, bronze statue, Madras, c. ad...
Courtesy of the Government Museum, Chennai; photograph, Royal Academy of Arts, London
The god Shiva in the garb of a mendicant, South Indian bronze from Tiruvengadu, Tamil...
P. Chandra
Shiva and Uma, sandstone, from Banteay Srei, Angkor, Cambodia, late 10th...
Holle Bildarchiv, Baden-Baden
Southern gopura of the Shiva temple at Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India, c....
P. Chandra
Part of a temple complex dedicated to the Hindu deity Shiva, Prambanan, Java, Indonesia.
© swisshippo/stock.adobe.com
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