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Vineet Aggarwal

"Shiva" by Vineet Aggarwal

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Shiva is the Indian God of Annihilation.. he is a part of the Hindu Trinity and is reponsible for destroying the cosmos at the end of each cycle of creation so that Brahma the creator god can start the process again.... in Hindu ethos, time is cyclical and the trinity helps in maintaining it..

Shiva carries a  trident as his weapon and rides the sacred bull Nandi.. here i have shown him in a pensive mood, after energy waves from his third eye reduced the love-god Kamdev to ashes! (Hint- notice the half open third eye!!).. the serpents are his garland and the newborn moon adorns his hair... Shiva is depicted in many moods and my personal favorite is Shiva the Yogi so i have tried to capture that serenity and calmness in his face here...

The photograph in the background is from my personal collection from my trip to the himalayas a year back.. i loved the snow clad mountain peaks there and immediately thought of painting Shiva in such a setting.. but as i am too lazy to get into doing backgrounds photoshop was the next best option :)




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6 Dec 200745 U know who
Shiva has got piercing eyes 12 that stare through into the soul.. Om Namah Shivaye!

:-) Vineet Aggarwal replies: "Careful....if his third eye opens again u’ll be turned into embers 12

ॐ त्रैयम्बकम यजामहे सुगंधीं पुष्टिवर्धनं!
उरवारुकम इवबंधनात मृत्युर्मोक्षीय मामृतात!!"
6 Jan 200845 Neena
* The expression on his face are just appropriate.
* beautiful sketch !
* As Shiv ji used to live in snowy mountains, the background doesn’t need to be elaborate, so it’s fine.

11 Vineet Aggarwal replies: "Thanx yaar for ur inputs!!"
20 Aug 2008:-) Heidi Hecht
Pretty cool. He sure looks peaceful for being the god of destruction.

:-) Vineet Aggarwal replies: "Yes that was my intention... Shiva has a multi faceted personality and even though he is fierce as the god of destruction, he is also the greatest Yogi and the first one to come to his devotees’ rescue!!"
20 Aug 2008:-) Wayne H. Hodge
I really like the look on this guys face.

14 Vineet Aggarwal replies: "Me too 2"
20 Aug 2008:-) Jeroen ChristianCreature Vercruysse
His face looks just amazing really as wel as the snake and his forearms, but i DO think that the chest eum needs abit more work do, its just my opinion ,and just an amazing background you chose for this one wow...

11 Vineet Aggarwal replies: "Thanks bro..the photograph is from one of my camping trips in the Himalayas..the place itself is awesome so d pic was bound to be good too!!"
24 Aug 2008:-) Jin Chung
I never knew Shiva grows beard......In fact i heard Shiva’s one form is hermaphrodite.......is He?
The drawing is good, but i think the photo is a better job in this picture.12


22 Vineet Aggarwal replies: "No thats totally wrong! there is a legend in which Shiva morphed with Parvati and gave rise to the half-man and half-woman form known as the Ardha-narishwar but that was just to show his disciples that the male and female are two sides of d same coin and not separate from each other.. its just like d union of Yin and Yang.. "
11 Sep 2008:-) Diane Grandamelf Reed
I overlooked Shiva the last time I was here, you have captured an intense expression!2 I like you new ones too, and will be back soon! 13 Got to get some shut eye!22

:-) Vineet Aggarwal replies: "Thanx Diane u r really very generous with ur comments 2"
20 Jul 2010:-) Jovannie Ramos
wow i thought shiva was a girl but ok that nice i did not know all that that sounds nice

1 Vineet Aggarwal replies: "Hmmm glad to clear ur misconception!!"
20 Feb 201245 Indu sharma
wow, shiva sure looks very young & modren here in this picture.

14 Vineet Aggarwal replies: "That was the intention 2 m glad u liked it!"
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'Shiva':
 • Created by: :-) Vineet Aggarwal
 • Copyright: ©Vineet Aggarwal. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Yoga, Trinity, Trident, Snow, Snake, Serpent, Pensive, Mythology, Mountains, Man, Indian, Hindu, Himalayas, Handsome, God, Eyes, Destruction, Bull
 • Categories: Angels, Religious, Spiritual, Holy, Weapons, Bows, Swords, Blades, Rapiers..., Asian Traditions, Mythology
 • Techniques: Pencil/Graphite Pen, Photoshop
 • Submitted: 2008-08-19 20:22:34
 • Views: 4118
 • Resolution: 700x526

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