Shiva as half-man, half-woman, Arddhanarishvara, from Elephanta (6th century)
Source: Courtesy of Prof. Frederick Asher, Univ. of Minnesota, October 1999
Arddhanarishvara, bazaar art, 1940's; *another, similar version*
Source: ebay, June 2005
Brahma worships Arddhanarishvara; bazaar art, c.1980's
Source: ebay, Dec. 2007
Left: a large modern Arddhanarishvara in brass; right, a modern Madhubani version
Source: http://www.exoticindiaart.com/sculptures/ZI58
Source: http://www.exoticindiaart.com/paintings/DB53
(downloaded March 2001)
An Orissan pata-chitra by Rabi Behara
Source: http://www.exoticindia.com/product/PE88/
(downloaded Apr. 2006)
"Gangavtaran," or the descent of the Ganges into Shiva's hair; an oleograph from the Ravi Varma Press, Lonavla, c.1910's
Source: ebay, Jan. 2006
Another version of the "Gangavatarana," modern bazaar art
Source: ebay, Oct. 2006
Ganga then permanently sits in Shiva's tangled or knotted hair (bazaar art, c.1980's)
Source: ebay, Dec. 2007
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