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Shiva Form · Bearer of Matted Hair

Jatadhara

जटाधर
Also known as: Jaṭādhara, Jaṭila

About

The form of Shiva with matted hair (jata). The ascetic form, representing renunciation, penance, and the absorption of cosmic energies (Ganga and moon) into the hair.

Attributes

Matted hairAsceticismRenunciationPenance

Symbols

Matted hairGangaCrescent moon
Consort
Parvati
Vahana (Mount)
Nandi

Associated Mantras

Om Jaṭādharāya namaḥ

Scriptures

Shiva Purana

Regions Worshipped

Pan-India

Iconography

Elaborate matted hair piled high. Ganga flowing, crescent moon. Four arms holding trishula and damaru.