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A painted devotional illustration of Shiva with blue-grey skin, matted tresses and a crescent moon, seated with a small Ganesha on his lap. Ganesha has an elephant head, a gold crown, pearl necklaces and a green and red cloth. Shiva holds a damaru drum on a trident with a garland, a snake coils around his arm and a white bull stands at his side. The background is a soft grey wash. No physical people are present, only deity murtis in the artwork.

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A smiling woman in saffron and orange-red sannyasi-style clothing sits in front of a colourful backdrop painting of Ganesha on the left and blue-skinned Shiva with a crescent moon and a white bull on the right. She wears a wrapped red-and-orange turban decorated with pink flowers, a green leaf and flower garland, rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, and a long braided rope of hair over one shoulder. Her hands rest on an orange cloth draped over a low surface, with a small metal cup nearby. The setting appears to be a devotional photo backdrop at a satsang-style gathering.2021-09-04A painted graphic artwork of Lord Shiva seated cross-legged on a tiger-skin mat against a cosmic purple and blue starry background with a glowing Sri Yantra of interlocking triangles behind him. Shiva has blue skin, a crescent moon and tied hair crest, matted locks, and a cobra coiled around his arm. He wears rudraksha malas, a leopard-print cloth and a red sash, and raises his right hand in blessing. A trident leans beside him and a damaru drum rests at his side, with a kalasha-like shivalinga vessel in the foreground. A small bird flies in the upper left. The image is a devotional deity illustration, not a photograph of people.2014-02-27Kailasa Paramparagatha Adi Kailasa Nithyananda PeethamA close-up photograph of a painted deity murti of Shiva against a dark background. The figure has blue-grey skin, a crescent moon and matted hair on the head, a tilak with a red bindi on the forehead, and gold hoop earrings. A red-hooded green cobra coils over the left shoulder, and the figure wears layered dark rudraksha malas with an orange and white garment draped over the chest. A gold trident with green gemstone accents is held in the right hand. No physical people are present; the figure is a statue.2012-04-05May 19 20222022-05-19Photo 11744612 +1 copiesKAILASA MERCED CALIFORNIA, USA - Satsang Center +1 copiesA painted or sculpted deity murti of Shiva against a black background, shown from the chest up. The figure has blue-grey skin, a crescent moon in dark hair, a red bindi and tripundra markings, and gold hoop earrings. A green and red cobra coils over one shoulder, and multiple strands of dark rudraksha beads hang across the chest and arms. An orange and gold cloth drapes the body, and a gold trident with green accents rests at the right side. No physical people are visible.2012-04-04A large painted or printed backdrop depicts deity murti Shiva with blue skin, matted hair topped by a crescent and a tilak, and white earrings, with a white bull Nandi and a warm golden sunlit sky behind. In the foreground, a bunch of bright yellow sunflowers with dark centres and green leaves is held up in front of the figure. Only the flowers and partial limbs of an unseen person appear at the edge of the frame. The image is a photograph of a devotional backdrop at a KAILASA event.2021-11-03Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamKAILASA LATIN AMERICA on 11/3/20212021-11-03 +1 copiesKAILASA LATIN AMERICA on 9/2/20212021-09-02 +3 copies