Ananda Shankar Jayant Shivoham

Shivoham Lord Shiva and His Consort Shakti -- the world mother, together are Ardhanarishvara and represent the synthesis of the masculine and feminine energies of the universe (Purusha and Prakriti) and illustrates how the female principle of God, Shakti, is inseparable from Shiva, the male principle of God. Dancing together, they symbolize the cosmic cycles of creation and destruction, as well as the daily rhythm of birth and death. The dance is a pictorial allegory of the five principle