Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Three-headed Shiva

Three-headed Shiva

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Original – A c. 750–800 CE gray schist three-headed Shiva from Kashmir, with a three-eyed yogi-king front facing form, his consort Parvati as the left head, and three-eyed Bhairava as right head. His sons Ganesha and Kumara stand at his feet, and a three-eyed Vrishabha, his mount, stands behind.

Reason

high resolution and quality; typical of its region and era; EV covered in multiple scholarly works

Articles in which this image appears

Shiva, Kashmir Shaivism +1

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture

Creator

Cleveland Museum of Art

• Support as nominator – UnpetitproleX (talk) 05:43, 22 October 2025 (UTC)
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Promoted File:8th century Standing Shiva Mahadeva, Kashmir, India, Clevelandart 1989.369.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:29, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

• Added image to Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology instead. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:29, 1 November 2025 (UTC)