For the people of Orissa, Shiva - one of the three central deities of Hinduism, the god of paradoxes, the god who forever creates and destroys - was the lord of their land. In Shiva all opposites ...

Maha Shivaratri is a day that all the devotees wait for. It was on this auspicious day that Lord Shiva promised to be the ...

This pose is an iconic depiction of Shiva as the “Lord of Dance” and is one of the most revered images in Hinduism. Lord Shiva, also known as “Mahadeva” or “the god of gods,” governs the beginning and ...

Lord Shiva was inconsolable and was unconsciously wandering ... is located on the eastern part of the complex beside the round rock which is worshipped as Ganesh deity. The are many statues of Hindu ...

Lying on a hillock in a village of the same name, Mangeshi temple is one of the most popular, richest and largest Hindu ... prominent statue of the bull god Nandi that was ridden by Shiva.