Somaskanda

A small bronze figure of Somaskanda murti. Here shiva is shown with his wife Parvati or Uma with their son Skanda or Kartikeya standing between the divine couple. Shiva is in Chandrashekhara form holding battle axe and deer, while his front hands are in abhaya mudra and kapittha mudra.

Kind

artefact

Date

1500–1599 CE