Friday, July 10, 2009

KRISHNA DRIVING CHARIOT

Krishna driving Chariot. (Artwork courtesy of The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. www.krishna.com. Used with permission.)

Thursday, July 2, 2009

SHIVA PRIYABHAKTA

Another fantastic video by romapada. Notice the river Ganga flowing from Shiva's hair. Also present are the other Shiva attributes of cobra necklace, crescent moon on head, trident weapon, and Himalayan mountains (home of Shiva).

SLIDESHOW

KRISHNA AS CHILD

Raja Ravi Varma painting of Yashoda (foster mother of Krishna) adorning Krishna. (image in public domain)

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

SHIVA FLASH

Here is great video from RAMANJI108 with SHIVA and GANESH pictures in fast motion to a techno beat

Monday, June 29, 2009

WATER COLOR ON PAPER


Bhairava raga, Ragamala, Chunar, near Varanasi, 1591. Opaque watercolour on paper, by pupils of Mir Sayyid 'Ali, an artist at the court of the Mughal Emperor, Akbar. (image by V&A Museum from Wikipedia Commons)

Sunday, June 28, 2009

SHIVA LINGA

Shiva is most often worshipped in the form of Shiva Linga. Linga has many meanings including: the image of god, a spot, a sign, a proof, and the male sex organ. (picture by Yosarian from Wikipedia Commons)





This video from monsieurck shows the ritual cleaning of the LINGA with curd and milk while chanting mantras.

SHIVA VIDEO

Here is a SHIVA video by romapada. SHIVA is shown meditating while the special effects emphasize the trancendental nature of the images themselves.

SHIVA DANCE


I first saw this video on TV when I was in China. Shiva is usually depicted either dancing or meditating in the lotus position. SHIVA DANCE is the human interpretation of Shiva dancing. (video by tamurai7)

SHIVA STATUE


Shiva, "The Auspicious One", is a major Hindu god. This picture of a statue of Shiva in Bangalore shows his attributes of cobra necklace, sitting on tiger skin, holding drum and cresent. (picture by Deepak from Wikipedia Commons)