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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Shiva’s Adornments – The Symbols and Symbolism of Shiva
Shiva’s Adornments – Why he wears, what is wears Moon The moon is refereed to as soma, the source of intoxication. Shiva has the moon because he’s a great yogi…
Shiva is the Truth
In the history of Mankind, the most beautiful Tattva (a fundamental underlying element or principle) that has been conceived or discovered is the Shiva Tattva, and in that too, in…
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…
Lord Shiva punished one crore Gods and Goddesses for not waking up on time and turned them into stone images
Lord Shiva was on his way to Kashi along with one crore gods and goddesses. He asked all of them to wake up before sunrise the following day, before taking…
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…