Shiva Collection

Char Bangla Temple, Baranagore, West Bengal, India
Detail of carvings above the main entrance to one of the four Shiva (Siva) Mandirs at the Char Bangla Temple, built in the 18th century in Baranagore, West Bengal, India

Annamalaiyar Temple, India
Annamalaiyar Temple - a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, located at the bottom of the Annamalai hill in Thiruvannamalai town in Tamilnadu, India

Shiva Nataraja, King of Dance. 850-1100. Hindu art. Chola art. Sculpture on bronze. FRANCE. Paris. Guimet Museum. Proc: INDIA. TAMIL NADU

The Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple (Golden Temple) dedicated to Lord Shiva, Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh, India. The Temple stands on the western bank of the holy river Ganga

Interior of Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram Island, India
Interior (The Great Corridor) of Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram Island, Tamil Nadu, India, a Hindu temple in Dravidian style dedicated to the god Shiva. Date: circa early 1930s

Hindu gods including Trimurti, Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Sri Lanka - Shiva the Destroyer and Reproducer and Peacock
Sri Lanka - Hindu God Shiva as the Destroyer and Reproducer. The Peacock beside him is that ridden by Saraswati, goddess of music and speech. Date: circa 1920s

Shiva and Parvati sculpture. Orissa, India, 13th century AD. Stone sculpture shows the powerful Hindu deity Shiva, with his consort Parvati, the daugter of the mountain, seated on his knee

Shiva Nataraja. Bronze. 12th century. India
Shiva Nataraja. 12th century. Bronze, Chola style. Tamil Nadu, India. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Vishnu / Brahma / Shiva
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva

INDIA. Bombay. Elefanta. Elephanta Caves. Trimurti of Shiva in the main cave, 7th-8th c A.D. Detail of the three-headed bust representing the three roles of the god, creator

Trimurti ( three forms in Sanskrit) of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Triad of the three major gods of Hindu mythology. 20th. c. Illustration by B. G. Sharma. Miniature Painting

India - A Hindu Man dressed as the Hindu God Lord Shiva. Date: circa 1906

Rice Merchant and Money Lender - Sri Lanka - A Chettiar. The white horizontal lines adorning his body identify him as a follower of the Hindu God Shiva. Date: circa 1920s

Indian Hindu Triad, Great Trinity of Gods
Indian Hindu Triad (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva), Great Trinity of Gods. circa 19th century

Religion / Hindu / Gods
Vishnu (left) and Brahma (top) make up two aspects of Ishvara (God or Overlord) shown here on the right. Shiva the third aspect of the triad is not pictured

Statues of Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Kailashnath Temple. 8th c. INDIA. Ellora. Ellora Caves. Ellora. Cave 16. Hindu temple carved into a basalt cliff. It is designed to recall Mount Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva

Shiv Temple, Baijnath, Himachal Pradesh, India
Shiv Temple at Baijnath, Himachal Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1890s

India - West Bengal - Baranagar: Char Bangla Temple (1755 AD) detail, goddess Shiva. Date: 2011

Manasa Devi (Padma), the Goddess of snakes. She was the daughter of Shiva & a mortal woman

Eye of Shiva
THE EYE OF SHIVA a magical protective sign of the Indians

Bronze figure of Nataraja. Chola dynasty. Around 1100 AD. Br
Bronze figure of Nataraja. From Tamil Nadu, southern India. Chola dynasty. Around 1100 AD. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

The Dance of Shiva (1927)
Miles and Jai Marchons conception of The Dance of Shiva (1927) Date: 1927

Sivatherium, an extinct genus of giraffid that ranged throughout Africa to Southern Asia.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916

Sivatherium, Sivatherium giganteum, extinct genus of giraffid.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F. John from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1910, Hamburg

INDIA. Khajraho. Hindu temple Kandariya Mahadeva (Shiva Deity), ca 1050

INDIA. MAHARASHTRA. Bombay. Elefanta. Elephanta

Prambanan Temple or Lorojonggrang Temple. 9th-10th c. INDONESIA. CENTRAL JAVA. Prambanan. Relief with God Shiva. Hindu art

India, Orissa, Bhubaneswar: Mukteswar Shiva temple (10th century). Date: 2011

Baksei Chamkrong, Siem Reap, Cambodia
View of Baksei Chamkrong, a small Hindu temple at Siem Reap, Cambodia. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and was completed in the 10th century during the reign of King Rajendravarman II

Shiva Temples, Kalna, West Bengal, India
A circle of Shiva (Siva) Temples in Kalna, known as the Temple City, in West Bengal, India. The Nava Kailash or 108 Shiv Mandirs was built in 1809

Hinduism / Brahma
Brahma the creator deity and one aspect of the Hindhu triad of Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu

India / Thanjaur Temple
Tamil Nadu, Thanjaur: the Sri Brihadeeswara Temple

Mata Hari / Civa Dance
MATA HARI (= Eye of Dawn) (Margarete Gertrude Zelle) Exotic dancer performs the Prayer to Civa, expressing coquetry and anger, seduction and fury, love and hate

Kirat-Arjuna
The Pandava, Arjuna, is granted divine weapons by Mahadeva (the Great God) in the form of Kirata (the Huntsman)

Dance of Shiva
Shiva as Nataraja. His dance embodies the rhythms & cycles of life. Creation & destruction are symbolised by the damaru drum in his right hand & the fire in his left

Parvatis Austerities
Parvati (Uma) is unable to distract Shiva from his contemplation by her beauty. She turns to asceticism, immersing herself in icy pools & wins his love

Shiva Drinks the Poison
The god SHIVA saves humanity by drinking the poison which springs from the churning of the ocean, showing that he is a protecting deity as well as a destructive one

Shiva En Famille
Shiva, a very mixed-up character, is a ruthless destroyer, but also a devoted family man, here with wife Parvati and their children Skanda and Ganesha

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