The sculptors found a unique way to bring balance to the otherwise unbalanced composition – the male form on the right, the female on the left, with the additional height of the male side causing it to tilt to the right. The master sculptors managed to offset this on the lower portion by bending the right leg, but the upper torso was still tilting awkwardly to the right. Masterfully, they brought in Shiva’s vahana, the bull Nandi, into the picture upon which Shiva rests his arm to balance out the composition.
