In the pages of ancient Shilpashastras, treatises on iconography and art, the most beautiful feminine form has been envisioned. With brows arched like bows of warriors, eyes curved like lotuses, nose as fine as the beak of parrots, lips as soft as newly blossoming buds, slender body, and wide hips, the female form is the Universe’s most divine element.
The bronze traditions of Swamimalai bring the divine feminine to the human realm in the roopa of Uma Parvati- Adi Shakti or the primordial female. In this bronze statue that radiates splendor, Uma is known as “Shivagami” or “Shivakami”- the beloved of Shiva. The statue with an imposing height of six feet, depicts Shivagami in a graceful posture, with her left-hand dangling in Lolahasta mudra, and her right one raised in Katakahasta mudra. Her hair is tied in a Jatamukuta, adorned with jeweled articles, and with the Makara motif that symbolizes divinity and regalia.
From the hint of an inward smile on Uma’s countenance, the slight slope of her shoulders, to the flow of her dhoti and the subtle bump on her knee to suggest a sense of movement, this sculpture is enough to represent the devoted skills of Swamimalai’s artists, who express the poetry and profound truths of Hindu scriptures in metal.
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