This bronze image of Parvati as Bhogashakti represents one of the most refined expressions of Chola artistry, where divine fecundity and idealized beauty converge.
Conceived as the procreative energy of Shiva, Bhogashakti embodies the fullness of feminine power- serene, sensuous, and self-contained.
Her rounded face, tender in contour and luminous in expression, presents femininity that has just touched the threshold of womanhood. It recalls the goddess in her form as Shodashi, the eternally sixteen-year-old, an age of radiant balance between innocence and awakening of feminine energy.
The smiling countenance, sculpted with striking naturalism, radiates gentle vitality. The graceful sway of the torso marked by the three flesh folds, stilled by the resting hand upon the two-tiered lotus pedestal, evokes movement arrested in divine poise, while the extended foot lends the image an almost rhythmic animation.
The yagyopavita flows across her chest like a river between twin mounds
The conical coiffure mirrors the mighty Himalayas and the symmetrical curls of its rivers- gushing and flowing; makara armlets and earrings frame her divine form with maritime motifs of fertility and protection.
The aged green patina confers a sanctity beyond time, transforming the sculpture into an icon of eternal youth and cosmic motherhood.
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