Shiva as half-man, half-woman, Arddhanarishvara, from Elephanta (6th century)

Source: Courtesy of Prof. Frederick Asher, Univ. of Minnesota, October 1999

Arddhanarishvara, bazaar art, 1940's; *another, similar version*

Source: ebay, June 2005

Brahma worships Arddhanarishvara; bazaar art, c.1980's

Source: ebay, Dec. 2007

Left: a large modern Arddhanarishvara in brass; right, a modern Madhubani version

Source: http://www.exoticindiaart.com/sculptures/ZI58
Source: http://www.exoticindiaart.com/paintings/DB53
(downloaded March 2001)

An Orissan pata-chitra by Rabi Behara

Source: http://www.exoticindia.com/product/PE88/
(downloaded Apr. 2006)

"Gangavtaran," or the descent of the Ganges into Shiva's hair; an oleograph from the Ravi Varma Press, Lonavla, c.1910's

Source: ebay, Jan. 2006

Another version of the "Gangavatarana," modern bazaar art

Source: ebay, Oct. 2006

Ganga then  permanently sits in Shiva's tangled or knotted hair (bazaar art, c.1980's)

Source: ebay, Dec. 2007