05-11-2007, 08:33 PM
My "blue" narrative :-)
After Shiva drinks the poison, Parvati runs and clutches his neck so that the poison does not enter the rest of the body. His neck turns blue - hence "Neel Kant" and the name Neelkant.
It is possible that the poison traveled to some lower parts of his face. And artists are depicting the entire face to be blue.
And regarding finding the head for grafting. I don't think it is any "first" head. It was to be a head found in one particular direction. If memory serves me right, the direction was North.
After Shiva drinks the poison, Parvati runs and clutches his neck so that the poison does not enter the rest of the body. His neck turns blue - hence "Neel Kant" and the name Neelkant.
It is possible that the poison traveled to some lower parts of his face. And artists are depicting the entire face to be blue.
And regarding finding the head for grafting. I don't think it is any "first" head. It was to be a head found in one particular direction. If memory serves me right, the direction was North.