With a style hailing from the quiet town of Swamimalai, this idol of Goddess Sivagami, the companion to Lord Shiva, is intricately cast in bronze using the art of the lost wax. With her divinely sharp features, elongated hands, tapered waist, and her tilted stance, she represents love, fertility and devotion. She is divine energy herself and the queen of parloka (heaven). She is an important part of Shiva’s form as the Nataraja, accompanying him in the dance that marks him as the destroyer of universes. She is the incarnation of Goddess Parvati, often called Uma. She is the daughter of the mountains of Himalaya, emerging after the death of Lord Shiva’s first wife, Sati. Lord Shiva had gone into deep grief after Sati’s death, meditating to cope and refusing to marry anyone else.
However, for the universe to function properly and for the slaying of demons, the gods needed Shiva to take up his role again. And so, rose Goddess Uma, who with the help of the god of love, Kamadeva, tried to win Lord Shiva back. In this idol, from her crown to the overturned lotus that serves as her pedestal, she is intricately carved with extreme care devoted to the details.
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