GOWRI HEAD WOOD This beautifully embellished vintage Nettur

This beautifully embellished vintage Nettur Petti with brass legs is one such antique and rare collectible

This frightens Parvati

The iconography of Surya in Hinduism shows him holding lotus flower in both his hands and riding a chariot pulled by seven horses

Shiva then presses on the mountain with his big toe of his foot trapping Ravana underneath the mountain for about a thousand years

Lord Shiva is always depicted wearing a Snake on his neck

GOWRI HEAD WOOD This beautifully embellished vintage NetturGOWRI HEAD This beautiful and unique idol is a face of Goddess Gowri. The bejewelled and intricately decorated face made of bronze is believed to be from South India (Karnataka or Tamil Nadu). Goddess Gowri is Shakti or Mother Goddess and an incarnation of Parvati. Gowri is the domesticated and benevolent form of Parvati while Kali is the other extreme form. Gowri also successfully domesticates Shiva who till then lived as an ascetic with no interest