Uma- Maheshwar on Nandi the Bull
Pratihara Dynasty, 8th Century AD
Seated under a mango tree, the divine couple of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, otherwise known as Uma - Maheshwar, sit on the bull, Nangi. They are so lost in themselves that they don't notice their two children, Kartikeya and Ganesh fighting at the bottom row. Helplessly the devotee looks at the divine couple.
When the God of wisdom, Ganesh symbolising creativity, and God of war, Kartikeya, symbolising destruction, clash with each other, we can only look at our Gods. Is this a picture of an orphaned universe, of chaos and anarchy? Is this a political comment about its age? Or a warning to all of us about our future?
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