Devi Parwati statue

Description

This brass idol of Goddess Parvati is meant for performing puja at home, or for simply decorating your home in Hindu way.Artisans of Muradabad in north India have crafted this statue using age-old sand casting technique.Parvati is the Hindu goddess of love, fertility and devotion. She is the goddess of divine strength and power.She is the gentle and nurturing aspect of Hindu goddess Shakti. She is the mother goddess in Hinduism and has many attributes and aspects. Each of her aspects is expressed with a different name, giving her over 100 names in regional Hindu mythologies of India.Along with Lakshmi (goddess of wealth and prosperity) and Saraswati (goddess of knowledge and learning), she forms the trinity of Hindu goddesses.

Parvati is the wife of the Hindu deity Shiva – the destroyer, recycler and regenerator of universe and all life.She is the daughter of mountain king Himavan and mother Mena.Parvati is the mother of Hindu deities Ganesha and Karttikeya. She is also the mother of Ashokasundari, whose husband was Nahusha, Her elder sister is goddess Ganges.Some communities also believe her to be the adopted sister of Vishnu.

With ?iva, P?rvat? is a central deity in Saivism sect of Hinduism. In Hindu belief, she is the recreative energy and power of ?iva, and she is the cause of bond that connects all beings and a means of their spiritual release.In Hindu temples dedicated to her and ?iva, she is symbolically represented as argha or yoni.She is found extensively in ancient Indian literature, and her statues and iconography grace ancient and medieval era Hindu temples all over South Asia and Southeast Asia.

dimensions 33 cms by 24 cms by 14 cms

weight 5.075 kg approx