Friday 24 February 2017

Maha Shivratri Special: Shiva, The Cool Lover and Husband





Indian mythology has some really cool gods; there’s charming Krishna, the very “sanskari” Ram and blissed out Shiva. While Krishna’s charms extend to several women at the same time and Ram can choose duty over his wife, it’s only Shiva, a reluctant householder, who stays the distance with strong-headed Sati, who is later reborn as Parvati.

Dressed in tiger skin, wearing wild flowers, lost in meditation up in the mountains, high on hemp or “bhang”, playing the soulful veena, Shiva is wild, unconventional and unattainable, the very epitome of cool. He can dance up a storm, like when he performed the mighty “tandava”, threatening all of existence when he lost Sati.

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