Ardhnariswar (the composite form of Shiva & Shakti). The Hindu conception of the Creator is undefined and complex. He is, at the same time mother and father, creator, preserver and destroyer and yet of the entire universe itself. She bears the child, rears it up, gives it hope and aspiration. He gives it life, gives it vigour, guides it in the world an endows it with prowess both to protect and to destroy