This bronze icon is sanctified by Shiva and Parvati on the Trishula emblem- the trident that cleaves through illusion to reveal cosmic truth.
Such icons, known as Shuladevar, are traditionally installed atop long poles and borne aloft during temple festivals, forming part of the processional imagery that carried divine presence beyond the sanctum to the waiting world. They symbolized the god’s descent among devotees, a union of transcendence and accessibility, of spirit meeting devotion.
The sculpture rises from a lotus-petaled base, its slender shaft culminating in the flame-like prongs of the Trishula, upon which the divine couple stand in poised balance. Shiva, in Vedic Pashupati form, embodies the fierce stillness of ascetic power; Parvati, beside him, tempers that strength with her gentle grace.
The aged green patina lends an aura of sanctity, as though time itself has bowed in reverence. Inspired by the South Indian temple tradition, this Shuladevar embodies the eternal rhythm of divinity- one that moves, blesses, and yet remains profoundly still.
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