Sada Shiva (Four headed Lord Shiva)

Sada  Shiva (Four headed Lord Shiva)

Paramar Dynasty,11th Century AD

          The four heads of Lord Shiva depict four different aspects of His. The creator,  the preserver, the destroyer.  The fourth face is of Devi or his Shakti  (power). Without His Shakti, He is lifeless. 

        The four heads also depict the ideology that every fact or situation can be interpreted in different ways. Thus there is no such thing as "the truth." Multiple interpretations are welcome. It is this thinking which has strengthened our civilisation of diversity and unity.