The "Ardhanareeswara Ashtakam" is a celebration of the dual nature of life itself. The Ardhanareeswara represents the combined form of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, and in their merger, we get the very heart of creation itself. Rama Vaidyanathan's composition is based on verses by the legendary Adi Sankaracharya himself, and these serve as the perfect platform to get a deeper understanding of the enigma we call human existence. The Ardhanareeswara embodies the perfect equilibrium between masculine and feminine energy, as the varying characteristics of the two divine beings combine together to provide us with sentience. Creation and destruction are both equally integral, and differences often serve as perfect molding points for progress. Shiva and Parvati unite to teach us on how essential the two genders are to each other, as without each other, the magic of life would not be possible. This composition exalts that one true virtue of equality, a nirvana is solely possible with the union of both human forms.
There are 3 sections in this composition. The composition contains 9 videos.
- Introduction
- Teaching
- Performance
- Explanation
- Performance
- Teaching
- Performance
- Full Performance
- Music