Parvati

The god Shiva is frequently depicted in a powerful masculine form accompanied by Parvati, his wife. Parvati, the Mother of All Creation, is usually portrayed as sublimely feminine, her gaze fixed upon Shiva, suggesting the union of male and female so integral to worship of this deity. Like all the other deities, Parvati may be worshiped on her own. In conjunction with Shiva, she is the feminine complement to his masculine divinity, completing the essential balance of opposites.

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