The story of Lord Shiva
ॐ नमः शिवाय Lord Shiva the Enigmatic In Hindu mythology, Lord Shiva is the Destroyer and the most important one in the Holy Trinity, the other two being Brahma the…
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Lord Shiva Birth
देवों के देव कहते हैं, इन्हें महादेव, भोलेनाथ, शंकर, महेश, रुद्र, नीलकंठ के नाम से भी जाना जाता है।भारतीय धर्म के प्रमुख देवता हैं। ब्रह्मा और विष्णु के त्रिवर्ग में…
Shiva calmly trapped Ganga back in his hair because of her arrogance. He let her out but in small streams
Bhagiratha asked Brahma to bring the river Ganges down to earth so that he could perform a ceremony for his ancestors. Brahma asked Bhagiratha to propitiate Lord Shiva, for only…
Shiva was attracted to Vishnu’s female form, Mohini, as a result of which Ayyappa was born
In the Bhagavata Purana, after Vishnu deceived the demons in his female form, Shiva wanted to see the bewildering Mohini again. When Vishnu agreed and revealed his Mohini form, Shiva…
According to a Hindu legend, Shiva explained the secret of life and eternity in the Amarnath Cave to Parvati
This is the cave where Shiva explained the secret of life and eternity to his divine consort, Parvati. Every year, followers and devotees of Lord Shiva pay their visit to…
The story of the infinite pillar of fire – when Brahma and Vishnu fought over who the real God was, Shiva made it clear who it really was.
In a conflict between Brahma and Vishnu regarding who the real God was, Shiva appeared as an infinite Linga fire-pillar. Determined to find the ends of the pillar, Vishnu as Varaha…
Shiva has a blue throat because he drank Halahala poison during the churning of the milky ocean
The Devas and Asuras started churning the milky ocean in order to obtain Amrit. In the process, they found a fatal poison – the Halahala poison, that had to be…
The three lines of ash on his forehead refers to destruction of the three worlds
Shiva has three lines of ash smeared on his forehead in a horizontal orientation. The lines represent the destruction of the three worlds of Hinduism. It suggests inertia and lack of…
The ash Shiva is smeared with symbolizes permanence and destruction
Shiva is smeared with ash. It is a symbol of destruction as well as permanence for it is created by burning things but cannot be burnt itself. It is a…
In stories, Lord Shiva is naked and sports an erect phallus
According to Devdutt Pattanaik, in Epified, Shiva is naked and sports an erect phallus in almost all the stories. It is to save the public from discomfort that he clothes…