Ardhanarishvara is the complete wholeness in equal parts-male and female-is shown here by the walesced figures of god and goddess emanating from the razor sharp vertical that divides and unites the image. Starting from the top, we notice Shiva's Jatamukta corresponding with the flowing tresses of Parvati, as much as the third eye of Shiva is not in the centre but on the forehead of the male side. Both the sides wear garlands; a make slides up Shiva's body. Shiva holds a trident is one hand and a rosary in the other. Parvati's head is covered with a crimson odhini and the artist gives has clothes of various patterns and different colours. Snakes, the symbol of the power of regeneration, are painted around the Ardhnarishwara.
The artist uses pigment of brilliant lines with abandon for him colour contrast and chromatic harmony are unheard of. True to Madhubani art that abhors empty spaces, all the intervening space is occupied by flowers and leaves.
This description by Renu Rana
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