It's the presence of Parvati, the female aspect of God, that's perhaps most disconcerting to a non-Hindu viewer, especially to one raised in monotheism, because this is a very particular view of ...

Stone statue; from Orissa ... been male. In the Hindu tradition, by contrast, Shiva needs Parvati. Here's Karen Armstrong, historian of religion: "In the monotheisms, particularly in Christianity ...

It is said that the Hindu god Shiva came to Goa after he lost to his wife Parvati in a game of dice ... the temple has a prominent statue of the bull god Nandi that was ridden by Shiva.

It's the presence of Parvati, the female aspect of God, that's perhaps most disconcerting to a non-Hindu viewer, especially to one raised in monotheism, because this is a very particular view of ...