An Opening into a Deeper Myth In the vast ocean of Hindu mythology, tales are not merely stories but philosophical lessons embroidered with poetic metaphors. One such tale, both startling and ...

Brahma, the Creator, with Five Heads In the beginning, Brahma was the first. The Creator. Born from the lotus that emerged from Vishnu’s navel, he gave life to everything—gods, demons, humans, and ...

Hindu mythology uses Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva as metaphors for understanding human behavior related to hunger, fear, and ...

All constituents of the Hindu trinity—Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva—are associated with Holi. Creation and rebirth, preservation of good, destruction of evil… all these elements find play in the ...

Nowadays we look at Shiva as one of the trinity of Brahma Ji, Vishnu Ji and Shiva. This was not always the case. Having celebrated Shivaratri, let us understand what Shiva really is all about.

Brahma ji also did not succeed, but he came and told Vishnu that he had reached the end. He told the Ketki flower as a witness to this. On telling lie, Shiva himself appeared there and he cut off ...

That is Brahma and Shiva (meditating Mahadev) and Narayana (slumbering Vishnu). Then there is the enlightened male who thinks about the other is the homemaker, and the householder. That is ...

Possessing the combined energy (shakti) of her creators — the male gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva — she is more powerful than any of them, made so by them so she could destroy the ...