Surrounded by serpents, Shiva here dances with gay abandon. He is intimately connected with snakes, showing the power of Shiva to deal with death and also the sexual energy of kundalini, the yogic serpent power. A cobra runs across his chest like the yagnopavita (sacred thread of the Brahmins); smaller ones form his bracelets and anklets. He wears numerous necklaces, and also kundalas in the ears. A crescent moon adorns his hair and Ganga peeps out from his knotted hair. In his hand, he holds the damaru, the drum from which all the rhythms of manifestation are said to have come forth. The vigorous dance movements have caused his hair to flow in all directions.
The artist has placed the other emblem of Shiva in the picture, even if Shiva could not be painted holding it - the trident, the symbol of the three qualities of nature; his vehicle the bull is at the bottom looking upto his lord. The border is very interesting, with Shiva's ganas - deformed and ugly, framing the enclosing boundary to the astounding image.
This description by Kiranjyot.
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