Lord Shiva, the god of destruction and transformation, plays a vital role in maintaining the balance of the universe. Destruction in Hinduism is ... the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.

Devi is not a distant goddess — she is your breath, your thought, your will. To worship her is to awaken her within.” The ...

However, the thugs—or at least some of them—worshiped Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction, consort of Shiva and the universal mother ... No one survived, as it was customary to finish them off with ...