The male half wears a "jata-mukuta" (a headdress formed of piled, matted hair) on his head, adorned with a crescent moon. Sometimes the "jata-mukuta" is adorned with serpents and the river goddess Ganga flowing through the hair. The right ear wears a "nakra-kundala", "sarpa-kundala" ("serpent-earring") or ordinary kundala ("earring"). Sometimes, the male eye is depicted smaller than the female one and a half-moustache is also seen. A half third eye ("trinetra") is prescribed on the male side of the forehead in the canons; a full eye may also be depicted in middle of forehead separated by both the sides or a half eye may be shown above or below Parvati's round dot. A common elliptical halo ("prabhamandala"/"prabhavali") may be depicted behind the head; sometimes the shape of the halo may differ on either side.