Somaskanda (Sanskrit: सोमास्कन्द, romanized: Somāskanda) is a medieval form of Hindu iconography, a representation of Shiva with his consort Uma (Parvati)...
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The most distinctive feature of the temple are the Dharalinga and the Somaskanda panel, which are enshrined in the interior walls of the sanctum of the...
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Produced out of the BBC's Washington, D.C. bureau, Caitríona Perry and Sumi Somaskanda are the main presenters. Katty Kay – who originally appeared on the program...
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inhabited and run by the Community of the Many Names of God, which also runs Somaskanda Ashram in Switzerland. Skanda Vale promotes a practical spirituality centred...
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details about worshipping Shiva in the form of linga. Pallavas propagated Somaskanda as the principal form of worship, slightly deviating from the Shaiva agamas;...
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officiating priest, and various other deities as attendants or guests). Somaskanda is the depiction of Shiva, Parvati, and their son Skanda (Kartikeya),...
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Dharbaranyeswarar, his consort Praneswari Amman (Parvati), Shani (Saniswararan) and Somaskanda (a combined form of Shiva with Parvati and his son Murugan) being the...
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the only ones remaining out of the five. There is a separate shrine of Somaskanda in the temple. The presiding deity of the temple is Tiruvallesvarar, housed...
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the sanctum is a square Somaskanda bas-relief panel of Shiva, Parvati and the infant Skanda in Parvati's lap. Two other Somaskanda panels are on the ardha-mandapa...
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various other architectural works of note were constructed. Trimurthi cave Somaskanda Panel Shore Temple Krishna holding Govardhana giri Durga Panel Gajalakshmi...
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