Unlike other deities associated with creation and sustenance, Shiva is the harbinger of destruction. But his destruction is not about chaos—it is about renewal, cleansing, and making way for new ...

Lord Shiva, one of the Hindu Trinity, is known as the destroyer of evil and the transformer of the universe. He is adorned ...

Lord Shiva is a beloved deity all over the world, and his worship is not limited to Shaiva or Hindu sects. Lord Shiva is the ...

Anyone, even demons, could approach Him.” This idea of Shiva, as a cult figure of spirituality, power, destruction, love, and renunciation, has existed for ages. His presence in art and music ...

One legend celebrates Shivaratri as the night Shiva weds Parvati. In the Shavia tradition, it is held that the dance of creation, preservation and destruction is performed by Shiva on this night; the ...

The 'City of Caves', on an island in the Sea of Oman close to Bombay, contains a collection of rock art linked to the cult of Shiva. Here, Indian art has found one of its most perfect expressions, ...

All of these ways to see the duality somewhat echo each other, although they may not be exactly the same. But what is common to all these ideas of Shiva-Shakti, Creation-Destruction, Ying-Yang, ...

a stone sculpture symbolic of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. Some also observe a fast during the day and stay up all night, singing and dancing to religious songs. At some temples ...