This majestic sculpture was captured in Chennai museum.It is 1100 years old.
One of the 64 manifestations of Shiva.hindu God - the man-woman form with Parvati constituting the left half of Shiva is Ardhanareeswara. The ardhanareeswara is concept that Shiva stands for. In this aspect he draws the feminine into his own self. He is half man, half woman. A symbol of the Samkhya philosophy which talks of Purusha (the male energy) and Prakriti (the female energy) together making the cosmic energy

Wow An amazing master piece Great expression Nice details and colors Congrats helys · 2012-04-19: 06:38

beautiful art work and capture Sri nataliemanco · 2012-04-19: 07:50

A beautiful and very thought provoking sculpture! Well captured and described my friend! danrav · 2012-04-19: 08:36

Very intersting and such a gorgeous piece .... Great capture and history! Patricia132 · 2012-04-19: 09:14

Very beautiful sculpture!!! ????? · 2012-04-19: 12:48

A beautiful capture and interesting explanation. stabeez · 2012-04-19: 13:54