 A young four @-@ armed Shiva and a beautiful two @-@ armed Parvati should be the central figures , performing the panigrahana ( " accepting the hand " ) ritual of a Hindu wedding , where the groom accepts the bride by taking her right hand in his . Shiva stands in <unk> posture , with one of his legs straight and firmly on the ground and the other one slightly bent . Shiva wears a <unk> @-@ <unk> ( a headdress formed of <unk> , matted hair ) on his head , adorned with a crescent moon . He wears serpents as <unk> , as a waist band and as a necklace . Various gold ornaments adorn his body . His back hands carry a <unk> ( axe ) and a <unk> ( deer ) . His front left hand makes the <unk> <unk> ( " blessing @-@ giving gesture " ) and his front right hand is stretched ahead to receive the hand of the bride . A dark @-@ <unk> Parvati , adorned in silk and gold finery , stands to the left of Shiva , <unk> with her head bent slightly as she extends her right arm to hold Shiva 's right hand . She holds a <unk> ( blue lotus ) in her left arm . 
