Shiva is wor - shipped in the abstract form of the Shiva Lin - ga, anthropologically he is usually depicted as a being immersed in deep meditation or, as we see in Cigars of the Pharaoh (p.50), manifest - ing as the cosmic dancer Nataraja dancing the dance of creation, preservation and dis - solution – the Tandava.SShiva means ‘auspicious one’ in Sanskrit. Two of the major traditions within the pantheon of Hinduism hold different per - spectives on Shiva: the Shaiva tradition con - siders Shiva as the Supreme God; the Smarta tradition conceives of Shiva as one of five primary forms of God.
Inspired by the illustration Hergé created for a poster advertising the 1979 "Musée Imaginaire de Tintin" exhibition. Sculpted in resin and carefully hand-painted, this beautiful collectible object is delivered in a protective box and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
In June 1979 a major exhibition (that later travelled to different locations) was inaugurated at the Palais des Beau-Arts in Brussels. Hergé was not aware of the full catalogue but the organisers of the exhibition explained that the purpose was to compare the legendary objects Tintin comes across and collects throughout his adventures with the real-life objects that inspired them.