Ardhnareshwar Authentic India Madhubani Painting of Shiva and Parvati _artisan--novica-artisan-7911 Seven strands

Seven strands

Peru's Margarita and Martha handcraft the sweet bird ornaments of dried mate gourds

These earrings from Nareerat in Thailand blaze a brilliant trail

inspiring this necklace for Arunima's Spiritual jewelry collection

Metal bits left from a die cutter become the glove

Ardhnareshwar Authentic India Madhubani Painting of Shiva and Parvati _artisan--novica-artisan-7911 Seven strandsLord Shiva and Parvati become one soul and body, incarnated as ardhnareshwar meaning 'half man and half woman.' Regarded as the celestial overlord of deliverance through destruction, Shiva is one of the most complex gods of India, embodying seemingly contradictory qualities at once the destroyer and the restorer, the great ascetic and the symbol of sensuality, the benevolent herdsman of souls and the wrathful avenger. The beautiful consort of Shiva,