According to sacred scriptures the god is formless Sadashiva, he takes form as Mahashiva and Mahamaya and from Mahamaya these three gods are born Bramha ,Vishnu and Rudra, and there consorts Brahmini, ...

A major Hindu festival, Mahashivratri is observed every year in honour of the deity Shiva. It celebrates Lord Shiva's divine energy and commemorates his wedding with Goddess Parvati. Lord Shiva’s ...

He is as a wanderer — unfettered, uninhibited, solitary. Yet when He loves, He does so to the extent of effacing Himself. His love for Sati was so intense that Her death sent Him into a trance that ...

1. Shiva is 'shakti' or power, Shiva is the destroyer, the most powerful god of the Hindu pantheon and one of the godheads in the Hindu Trinity. Known by many names - Mahadeva, Mahayogi, Pashupati, ...

Hindu god Shiva's cosmic cycle of destruction mirrors Joseph Schumpeter's idea of creative destruction - a theme echoed in ...

Is Shiva the cool god of the younger generation? The Hindu deity appears these days on television, in books, movies and even on tattoos. Popular Indian cricket star Ravindra Jadeja, who has more than ...

Nearly all Indians believe in God, with most saying they are absolutely certain in this belief. But the nature of the deities Indians believe in varies. While the majority of Hindus (61%) and Jains ...

There are many surprises about working in the British Museum, and one of them is that we occasionally find offerings of flowers or fruit reverently placed in front of the Hindu sculptures. It's a ...

A woman who thought she had been left infertile by chemotherapy gave birth after visiting a statue of the Hindu god Shiva. Shiva: Shiva is one of the three chief Hindu gods along with Vishnu and ...