The blue throat
During the churning of the ocean, a deadly poison rose that could have destroyed the worlds. Shiva drank it, and Parvati held his throat so it would not go down. It stayed there and turned his neck blue.
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God of dissolution, meditation and the dance that ends and renews worlds. Ascetic, wild and deeply still.
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