 A young four @-@ armed Shiva and a beautiful two @-@ armed Parvati should be the central figures , performing the panigrahana ( " accepting the hand " ) ritual of a Hindu wedding , where the groom accepts the bride by taking her right hand in his . Shiva stands in tribhanga posture , with one of his legs straight and firmly on the ground and the other one slightly bent . Shiva wears a jata @-@ mukuta ( a headdress formed of piled , matted hair ) on his head , adorned with a crescent moon . He wears serpents as earrings , as a waist band and as a necklace . Various gold ornaments adorn his body . His back hands carry a parashu ( axe ) and a mriga ( deer ) . His front left hand makes the varada mudra ( " blessing @-@ giving gesture " ) and his front right hand is stretched ahead to receive the hand of the bride . A dark @-@ complexioned Parvati , adorned in silk and gold finery , stands to the left of Shiva , blushing with her head bent slightly as she extends her right arm to hold Shiva 's right hand . She holds a nilotpala ( blue lotus ) in her left arm . 
 A young four @-@ armed Shiva and a beautiful two @-@ armed Parvati should be the central figures , performing the panigrahana ( " accepting the hand " ) ritual of a Hindu wedding , where the groom <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>accepts</mark></a> the bride by taking her right hand in his . Shiva <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>stands</mark></a> in tribhanga posture , with one of his legs straight and firmly on the ground and the other one slightly bent . Shiva <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>wears</mark></a> a jata @-@ mukuta ( a headdress formed of piled , matted hair ) on his head , adorned with a crescent moon . He <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>wears</mark></a> serpents as earrings , as a waist band and as a necklace . Various gold ornaments adorn his body . His back hands carry a parashu ( axe ) and a mriga ( deer ) . His front left hand <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>makes</mark></a> the varada mudra ( " blessing @-@ giving gesture " ) and his front right hand is stretched ahead to receive the hand of the bride . A dark @-@ complexioned Parvati , adorned in silk and gold finery , <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>stands</mark></a> to the left of Shiva , blushing with her head bent slightly as she <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>extends</mark></a> her right arm to hold Shiva <a href='null_genetive' title='8'><mark>'s</mark></a>right hand . She <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>holds</mark></a> a nilotpala ( blue lotus ) in her left arm . 
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