Lord Shiva, Warli Art by Dilip Bahotha

Dilip Bahotha paints the divine Lord Shiva in this Warli Art. This epic artwork of Lord Shiva with a Snake symbolizes fearlessness and power. Lord Shiva always wears a snake named Vasuki as a garland around his neck who controls and guides other serpents as mentioned in the Vedas. Shiva is the principal god of creation and destruction of the universe, who appears with his trident representing three states of consciousness – waking, dreaming, and sleeping, along with the three gunas -Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas. Holding the trident signifies the deity being above all three states, in the state of Shunya or nothingness.