Shiva in the form of a young beggar appears to his followers
Author: Lievsky Felix
canvas/oil 90cm x 80cm 2020
Shiva takes the form of a young beggar and vagabond, kapali, and appears before people worshipping Him. True devotees immediately recognize their God, and those who do not fully accept and realize the essence of Shiva usually do not recognize Him in the insignificant image of a person of a lower caste. We see the venerable sadhu in the foreground, he also immediately recognized Shiva, but does not show it, so as not to prevent him from testing others. The noble woman also saw in the young man Mahadev, and in his bull - the faithful Nandi, and in awe hurries to offer Him food. Behind her, a noble young man watches with distrust and wariness what is happening, clearly not in a hurry to recognize a Deity in a passerby-kapali.