| Beyond that, there are devas, nagas, higher categories of devas such as Brahma or Shiva, and so on. |
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| Such was the anger that Lord Shiva is supposed to have used his energy from the third eye to form a woman. |
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| Kerala's Shiva Priya's dream run came to an end in the 63 kg division where Asian champion Aruna Mishra beat her hollow in the first round. |
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| Apart from the Vaishnavas' Vishnu, Shaivites Shiva and Shakta's Devi there are three more godheads that are adored. |
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| The gods went to Shiva, whose anger came out of his third eye in the form of energy to create a woman. |
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| Shiva is offered special food made from the fruits of the season, root vegetables, and coconuts, during ritual worship. |
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| Being free from avarice, the material wealth has absolutely no significance for Shiva. |
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| An irate listener called in to say that we were Indians because we were a special people descended from Lord Shiva. |
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| Gorakhnath, being an incarnation of Shiva, is worshipped as a deity by the Jogis, and has a number of temples dedicated to him. |
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| Lord Shiva the destroyer, is one of the three primary Hindu deities or Trimurti. |
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| In Shiavite temples what is more common than a statue of Shiva is a stone linga, usually with a yoni. |
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| The Hindus believe that the footmark is that of Lord Shiva, the third godhead of the Hindu Holy Triad. |
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| The deity was a lingam, the abstract phallic symbol which is the most common representation of Shiva. |
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| The Shakta yogis seek to awaken the sleeping Goddess Kundalini and unite her with Lord Shiva in the Sahasrara Chakra. |
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| Shiva the destroyer is a necessary part of the trinity because, without destruction, there can be no recreation. |
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| According to age-old tradition they follow the example of Shiva in this respect. |
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| The Himalayan cave houses an icy stalagmite worshipped as an incarnation of the Hindu god Shiva. |
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| Mahashivarathri celebrates the grace of Shiva, considered the guru in the yogic tradition. |
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| We must allow the yatra and the darshans of Lord Shiva to be without any controversy and hidden commercial undertones. |
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| Shiva was depicted as a Himalayan ascetic, Vishnu as a blue youth holding in his four hands a discus, mace, conch, and lotus. |
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| Lord Shiva then gave his command that Sudheet's name would be prefixed to his name. |
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| Though the Brahma and Shiva principles are still in existence, we will explore this in just a moment. |
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| According to some, the depiction of Lord Shiva, by an unknown artist, was about 200 years old. |
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| Even Shiva, a god profoundly connected with sexuality and the phallus, is desexualized in a most bizarre way. |
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| The final goal of Shaivism is realizing one's identity with Shiva in perfect union and non-differentiation. |
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| Where they are found in nature they may be worshipped as Shiva despite being unconsecrated. |
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| Lord Venkateshwara, Shiva and Parvati and Nandi are worshipped devoutly by the south Indian devotees. |
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| Renowned yogini Shiva Rea leads retreats in which guests do yoga in nature. |
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| In this form Shiva is withdrawn into the absolute and is the symbolic equivalent of Geist. |
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| He longs for the realisation of Shiva amidst the trammels of the illusory cosmos. |
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| Ancient seals depict an ithyphallic yogi-like figure with buffalo horns, a figure mirrored in later Hindu representations of the great god Shiva. |
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| Shiva is the destroyer of the world, following Brahma the creator and Vishnu the preserver, after which Brahma again creates the world and so on. |
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| Mahashivratri is a Hindu festival dedicated to Shiva, one of the deities of the Hindu Trinity. |
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| Though Shiva is popularly known as the God of Destruction, for sadhus he is foremost the Master of Yogis. |
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| God, Allah, the Buddha, or Shiva requires you to offer a sacrifice, a prayer or a blessing. |
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| Shiva is also the god of fertility and is mostly worshipped in the phallic symbol called Linga. |
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| Also visit Kapaleeswarar Shiva Temple in Mylapore where Saint Thirugnana-sambandar resurrected a young girl by singing a devotional hymn. |
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| The controlling deities of these gunas are Vishnu, Brahma and Shiva. |
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| As is evident from its name, the temple was dedicated to Shiva. |
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| The Shivalinga, a phallic symbol of the deity Shiva in sexual union with his consort, goddess Parvati, is worshipped all over India. |
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| The Dog Star Sirius is under the direct protection of Lord Shiva, the Rudra. |
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| The third eye allows the figure of Bhairava to be identified as the fierce manifestation of Shiva, an effigy of whom appears on top of the head. |
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| Sri K. Parvathi Kumar received first impulse from the Soul in the 10thyear and on his own elision started worshiping Lord Shiva. |
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| Each god is in charge of one aspect of creation, with Brahma as creator, Vishnu as preserver, and Shiva as destroyer. |
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| To avoid ending on a serious note, the cinematic Shiva turns mischievous Machiavellian. |
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| Other themes: plastic surgery, being measured for beds or coffins, Shiva morphing into a creature with an exoskeleton, and a mass grave. |
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| In other words, it is a process of involution with Puram Shiva getting involved increasing with each step and descending to the stage where it look as physical. |
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| The prestige of natural silk embellished with a slub yarn, Shiva dresses your interiors with flair and brings a sumptuous look to your décor. |
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| I watched the cook, a marvel of prestidigitation, the dancing Shiva of the short stack. |
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| The Shiva Purana states that 1,080,000,000 recitations of Om purify our mind and lead us automatically to salvation. |
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| Rudra as Shiva, the most auspicious one, is seen as the abode, since he makes way for them into creation and lives in all of them as their will. |
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| The Agamas are often in the form of a dialogue between Shiva and his wife Parvati. |
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| Shiva symbolises Consciousness and Parvati, the Spiritual seeker who is looking for meaning in life, and indeed Truth itself. |
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| After being disturbed by her husband Shiva, Parvati creates Ganesh to protect herself. |
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| Da Parvati, Shiva said that Ganesha was their son, Shiva went out and asked all the animals to give their head to Ganesha. |
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| With Shiva the Pro teams expect to endure less criticism from the spectators about the throwing away of water bottles in the environment. |
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| Mahadeva is the Deva of Trinity: Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, which means their source. |
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| The goddess cults eventually centred around Durga, the consort of Shiva, in her fiercer aspect. |
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| The group of Shiva Mahadeva includes: the Shiva Temple has relieves of the scenes of Ramayana. |
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| Remember to set the Junctions with Quetzalcoatl and Shiva on your characters, because you will fight some monsters. |
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| Once the lesson is over, examine the desk to get the first two Guardian Force, Shiva and Quetzalcoatl. |
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| Shankara founded the dashanami, a closely disciplined Shiva order, perhaps partly modeled on the Buddhist order, the sangha. |
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| In India we have this philosophy of three gods: Brahma, the god of creation, Vishnu, the god of sustenance and Shiva, god of destruction. |
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| The Lord is one but He attains the three states of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva as He works out the creation, existence and merging. |
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| Two enormous chars lead a procession in the narrow village streets, meanwhile brahmans and pilgrims sing mantras in the name of Shiva. |
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| After working on a Shiva temple, we started helping with the repair of several homes in Shivaji Nagar. |
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| Ms Shiva showed us the devastating effect of privatising plant genomes, which in the end is what Monsanto is doing to Indian agriculture. |
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| Shiva distinguishes itself thanks to a number of excellent functionalities and is easy to fill and clean. |
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| Dr Vandana Shiva is a physicist, ecologist, activist, and author of many books. |
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| In addition, the following experts also contributed to the work of the task force: A. K. Shiva Kumar, Robert Howse and Margot Salomon. |
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| Shiva Halli expanded on these findings by focusing on the issue of poverty among immigrants. |
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| The devotees sing bhajans, chant incantations, and priests perform aarti and puja, invoking the blessings of Shiva, the divine, the pure, the absolute. |
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| Worsted in this war of love Shiva punished the mischievous god of love Madana for aiding that maiden by causing springtime to appear on the scene before its wonted time. |
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| I noticed that my three main characters, Sarita, Karun and Jaz, formed a trinity just like Vishnu, Shiva, and Devi. |
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| Shiva anoints his arm with sandal paste and holy water of river Ganges. |
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| Indeed, the life force or Shakti within each one of us is swaying, much like a snake, to the incessant drumbeat played by her consort, Kal, Time or Shiva. |
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| At the feast for Shiva, for example, villagers prepare a huge, steamed rice cake made in the shape of a lingam and stuffed with cheese, molasses, and coconut. |
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| In the same area we find the Raghunath temple with icons of Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Hanuman, Radha and Krishna, with 51 Shiva lingas and 34 Saalgraams. |
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| Twilight is sacred to Shiva, as the transition point between sun and moon. |
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| In the Tantric model, it's Shakti who brings healing and enlightenment to the god Shiva, just as Neytiri does with Jake. |
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| How many times were the names of political prisoners such as Majid Tavakoli or Shiva Ahari raised? |
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| Then followed the story related to Holi, where Lord Shiva, annoyed by Manmatha for disturbing his meditation, burns the latter to ashes with his third eye. |
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| Chakrasamvara has also a third eye in the sculpture, like Shiva. |
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| Walking among them was a wandering mendicant, with the usual orange robe, wooden staff, and begging bowl, his shaven head painted with the lines of Shiva. |
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| They are culturally aware enough to understand our stories of Shiva, and laugh at the comic moments and be moved with emotion when Shiva protects his bhaktas. |
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| Carved to represent Mt. Kailasa, the home of the god Shiva in the Himalayas, it is the largest monolithic structure in the world, carved top-down from a single rock. |
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| He supplicates before Lord Shiva for a boon of spiritual bliss. |
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| Somananda was the disciple of Vasugupta who as per a different version received the sutras, as these exist today, directly from Lord Shiva in his dream. |
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| Christie's had an auction offering a number of Asian collectibles, including an important bronze group of Shiva and Parvati from the Chola dynasty. |
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| Non-Hindus cannot enter either the Shiva or Parvati shrines, but when the doors to the Shiva shrine are closed, you can at least take a picture from them. |
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| It is frequently used for worshipping Shiva and the Mother. |
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| In the Svetashvatara Upanishad, Rudra is for the first time called Shiva and is described as the creator, preserver, and destroyer of the universe. |
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| In Brahmanism, we find the two deities, Shiva, who has three eyes and eight arms, and Vishnu. |
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| Son of a Brahmin Vishravas and a demoness Kaikasi, and half-brother of Kubera, Ravana was a learned scholar and an ardent devotee of Shiva. |
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| It is marked by offerings of cold water bael leaves to Lord Shiva, all day fasting and a night long vigil. |
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| On this day Hindus honor Lord Shiva and his marriage to Goddess Parvati. |
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| The cave platform sculptures of lord Shiva and Parvati with a 120m long waterfall and 50m rounded pond. |
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| The right half of the image represents Shiva, the left Parvati. |
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| Shiva himself was believed to have been the first preceptor of the system. |
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| When Shiva opens his third eye, you know it. |
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| The Shaiva notion that Shiva's shakti, not Shiva himself, is active is taken to the extreme without Shakti, Shiva is a corpse, and Shakti is the creator as well as creation. |
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| On the occasion of Shivratri, devotees observe fasts, recite mantras and slokas of Lord Shiva to stay awake throughout night. |
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| A phyllite carving of Shiva as Yoga Dakshinamurti, from the Pala dynasty and late 11th-century Bengal, is shown by John Eskenazi. |
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| The name sannyasi also designates an ascetic who pays particular allegiance to the god Shiva, especially one who belongs to the dashanami order said to have been established in the 8th century ce by Shankara. |
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| Only Shiva and Parvati's son Kartikeya would be able to kill him, but not without losing many lives. |
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| As a point of devotion, you may use any form, be it Krishna or Christ, Buddha or Shiva, Mohammed or Rama, Goddess Kali or Uma, Ahura Mazda, or even Zeus if you wish. |
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| Some Shaivas worship in temples, while others emphasize yoga, striving to be one with Shiva within. |
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| The god Harihara evolved from syncretic tendencies within Brahmanism and became a major deity, offering the faithful the dual protection of Vishnu and Shiva. |
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| They would very probably have been originally located in the tower sanctuaries constructed in miniature at the foot of the major temple of My Son consecrated to Shiva in the form of the linga. |
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| The bull is often depicted standing before a sort of altar, and the horned figure has been interpreted overconfidently as a prototype of the Hindu god Shiva. |
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| They worship the Supreme Being variously as Vishnu, Brahma, Shiva, or Shakti, depending upon the sect. |
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| Yet another deals with the trimurti, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, in terms that suggest metaphors for chemical process. |
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| This prepares the ground for the lively enactment to follow, in which the divine sage Narada importunes Shiva to contain the demon Darika, who is immune to defeat by mortals. |
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| A Canadian-educated scientist, Vandana Shiva, is leading the opposition. |
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| Shaivism is related to Shaktism, wherein Shakti is seen as spouse of Shiva. |
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| Bisht, CTK Nasir, Shiva Pagrani, Jaideep Mathur, Farad Lakdawala, Pradeep Adur and Jaydip Sengupta. |
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| Medang's religion centred on the Hindu god Shiva, and the kingdom produced some of Java's earliest Hindu temples on the Dieng Plateau. |
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| Also, Shiva is traditionally said to ride on the back of a bull named Nandi. |
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| This is a rare and exceptional depiction of Shiva as a mendicant, wandering the world for twelve years to atone for the sin of cutting off the fifth head of Brahmâ. |
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| For example, each day of the week is identified with a particular deity: Monday with Shiva, Tuesday with Hanuman, Wednesday with Ganesha, and so forth. |
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| Lord Shiva in Kashi is worshiped as Visveswara. |
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| Kali, who is variously characterised as a flickering black tongue or black giantess standing on the corpse of her consort Shiva, is the most feared Hindu deity. |
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| Idols of Lord Ganesha, Lord Venkateswara, and Lord Shiva are being installed during these ceremonies using Hindu rituals, as prescribed in the ancient Agama Shastras. |
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| Bhakti ideas centered around loving devotion to Vishnu and Shiva with songs and music, were pioneered in this period by the Alvars and Nayanars of South India. |
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| Legend has it that Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi helped the Devendra Kulam community plough their fields and grow their crops to feed the people. |
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| He rises through the ranks of the Indian military, providing Shiva with the authority and firepower to strike down Saleem and his sweetheart, the witch Parvati. |
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| In Tantric tradition, the Agamas refer to authoritative scriptures or the teachings of Shiva to Shakti, while Nigamas refers to the Vedas and the teachings of Shakti to Shiva. |
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