Hindu Research Paper

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a deity, more specifically a Hindu deity? In the Hindu religion there are many deities that are praised upon, there are thousands of thousands of them. Being a deity sounds amazing right off the bat, but you don’t know how they look or their specific function is, so in this paper I will be talking about one of my favourite deities, Shiva the Destroyer. First off, Shiva the Destroyer is depicted with having a blue-painted throat. The blue throat represents the poison he has that can destroy the world, but he is holding it back, which turns his throat blue. He also has three eyes, long, naturally flowing black hair and wears a leopard loincloth. If Shiva the Destroyer opens his third eye, it will be the …show more content…
His most important dance is the Tandav, the cosmic dance of death, which he performs at the end of an age in order to destroy the universe. Shiva almost used this dance before its time. It all happened because the father of the goddess Sati wanted to hold a prayer ceremony, where all the gods would be invited, except for Shiva. Shiva married Sati against her father’s wishes, so Shiva wasn’t invited. This angered Sati, so she jumped into the sacred fire and died, which awoke Shiva from his meditation with great anger. Shiva then begins to start the cosmic dance of death, which scared the gods at the ceremony. In order to stop Shiva, the gods scattered Sati’s ashes over him, which calmed him down and stopped him from finishing the dance. Shiva went into meditation for many years, ignoring his godly duties. It wasn’t until Sati was reborn as Parvati that Shiva came out of meditation. I chose Shiva the Destroyer because of all of his powers. Shiva could end life but then recreate it. Though he has a temper, based on the story, he was still one of the most popular deities, maybe because he was also the Lord of Dance, and dancing was very popular in the Hindu