An intoxicated Shiva holding a sitar or tambura in the form of a lingam. Like all Hindu deities, Shiva has many manifestations, he can be benevolent in one aspect and fierce in another. The lingam is the most sacred object associated with the worship of Shiva. It represents Shiva's creative power and his power to control creativity by transforming sexual energy into spiritual energy, 1890, East India, Bengal, Kolkata, Temple Kalighat, Historical, Digital

1 PERSON • 1 • 1ST • ABUNDANCE • ADORATION • AFFLUENCE • ARTFORM: ICON • ASIA • ASIAN • ASIATIC • BELIEF • BELIEVER • BELIEVERS • BENGAL • BLACK AND WHITE • BLACK • BLACK-AND-WHITE • BLACK-WHITE • BREEDING • BUILDING • BUILDINGS • CALCUTTA • CHARACTER • CHARACTERS • CHECK • CHECKING • CHECKS • COLOURING • CONSTRUCTION • CONTOUR • CONTROL • CONTROLLING • COPY • CREATIVE • CREATIVELY • CREATIVITY • CULT, HINDUISM • DEITIES • DEITY • DEPICTION • DEPICTIONS • DEVOTEE • DEVOUT • DIGITAL • DIGITALLY • DRAWING • DRAWINGS • DRAWN • DUPLICATION • ENERGIA • ENERGIES • ENERGY • EXAMINE • FAIRY TALE • FAIRY TALES • FAIRYTALE • FAITH • FAITHFUL • FERTILITIES • FERTILITY • FORM • FORMED • FORMER • FORMERLY • FORMS (GEOMETRIC) • FORTUNA • FORTUNETELLER • GOD • GODS • HAPPINESS • HINDI • HINDU DEITIES • HINDU DEITY • HINDU TEMPLE • HINDU TEMPLES • HINDU • HINDUISM • HINDUIST • HINDUS • HISTORIC ILLUSTRATION • HISTORIC ILLUSTRATIONS • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATION • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HOLD • HOLDING • HUMAN BEING • ICON • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • IMAGE MOTIF • IMAGE • IN FORM • INDIA • INDIAN • INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS • INDIO • INEBRIATED • INSPECT • INSPECTION • INSPECTIONS • INTOXICATED • KOLKATA • LEGEND • LEGENDARY • LEGENDS • LINGA • LINGAM • LINGAS • LORD SHIVA • LUCK • MAKE MUSIC • MAKING MUSIC • MANY • MOTIF • MUSIC INSTRUMENT • MUSIC INSTRUMENTS • MUSIC • MUSICAL INSTR. STRINGS • MUSICAL INSTR.: SITAR • MUSICAL INSTRUMENT • MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS • MUSICAL_INSTRUMENTS • MUSICIAN • MUSICIANS • MYTH • MYTHOLOGIES • MYTHOLOGY • MYTHS • NUMEROUS • OBJECT • OBJECTS • OBJETS • ONE PERSON • ONE • OUTLINE • OUTLINES • PAY HOMAGE • PEOPLE • PERSON • PERSONS • PHALLIC SYMBOL • PHALLIC SYMBOLS • PHALLIC • PHALLUS SYMBOL • PHALLUS • PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION • PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTIONS • PIETY • PLENTIFULNESS • PLENTY • PLUCKED INSTRUMENT • PLUCKED INSTRUMENTS • PLUCKED STRING INSTRUMENT • POWER • POWERFUL • PRAY • PRAYER • PRAYERS • PRAYING • PROFUSION • RELIGION • RELIGIONS • RELIGIOUS BUILDING • RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS • RELIGIOUS PERSON • RELIGIOUS • REPLICA • REPLICATION • REPRESENTATION • REPRODUCTION • REVERE • RICH • RICHNESS • SACRAL BUILDING • SACRED BUILDING • SACRED STRUCTURES • SAGA • SCRUTINISE • SCRUTINIZE • SEXUAL • SHAPE • SHAPED • SHAPES • SHIVA • SINGLE PERSON • SITAR • SITAR, STRING INSTRUMENT • SITARS • SKETCH • SPIRITUAL • SPIRITUALITY • SPIRITUALLY • STRENGTH • STRING INSTRUMENT • STRING INSTRUMENTS • STRINGED INSTRUMENT • STRUCTURE • SYMBOL • SYMBOLS • TALE • TALES • TEMPLE • TEMPLES • TEST • TESTING • TO PRAY • TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPH • TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY • UMBRELLA • VENERATION • VERIFICATION • VINTAGE • WEALTH • WEST BENGAL • WHITE • WHORSHIP • WOODBLOCK PRINT • WOODCARVING • WOODCUT • WOODCUTS • WOODPRINT • WORSHIP • WORSHIPING • WORSHIPPER • WORSHIPPING • WORSHIPS • XYLOGRAPH • XYLOGRAPHY