[Advaita-l] Artistic depictions of the trinity- Brahma Vishnu MAheshwara

[vijaya1.kambhampati at tiscali.co.uk]

Hello to all again from someone still trying to learn about hinduism:

Could the forum please shed some light:

1) Are the artistic depiction of Visnu as blue bodied with four hands 
a true representation of the god visnu when he takes form in 
Vaikunth??? Or does he have no physical body in any world and so is the 
artistic depiction  purely symbolic.



Same question for Lord Shiva depicted as an ascetic with snakes for 
adornment.



2) IS there a physical place called Vaikunth?? or Shivaloka or 
brahmaloka??



3) The puranas describe Lord Shiva and Visnu as gods with emotions and 
involved with human beings activities. Did these gods appear on Earth 
in those physical forms to help their devotees.



Thank you in advance if you can shed light on this.





Vijaya Kambhampati.