Shiva

1). Shiva, dating back to the 5th century, is one of the most pertinent gods in Hinduism, along with Brahma and Vishnu, and is a member of the trinity of Hinduism (Cartwright, “Shiva” par. 1). Shiva is a complex god that represents righteousness and benevolence serving as a protector, but also a leader of evil spirits, ghosts, and vampires, and the master of thieves, villains, and beggars (Cartwright, “Shiva” par. 1). In addition, Shiva is also a Comic Dancer, known as…

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…

practice of Hinduism includes the acceptance and worship of numerous deities, including the god Shiva. Shiva is recognized as part of the trimturi - the…

Brahman is far less than the other two great gods. As the world has been created, people's attention has naturally been attracted by Vishnu and Shiva. The two forces of maintenance and destruction race for power in the world. In addition, some inappropriate deeds of Brahma have led to its decline in reputation. Throughout India, the temple of Vishnu and Shiva spread over the country. However, there is only one Brahma temple. That is the Brahma temple. In the mythical, Brahma is of red color and…

and conventions. On several issues different segments of society may have different opinions and their interests may clash. For instance, a road is important to commute from one place to another but to build a road trees are often cut which leads to ecological imbalance. This is sometimes opposed by individuals because of difference in opinion. This may give birth to different views on a social issue. Similarly, the issue of caste discrimination, particularly of untouchability figures…

few patients like Shiva, especially from the nobility…such patients had to be reasoned with not instructed. Yet, this was a simple immigrant. Not some noblemen! (p.21) The above scene from the novel depicts the ingrained attitude of the Meluhan doctorAyurvati. She strongly felt that she was above Shiva, who was after all an ordinary immigrant from a foreign land, an uncivilized and an uncouth barbarian. Here, we could visualize two contrasting characters, Shiva and Ayurvati. Shiva was born and…

By the colonial and post-colonial era in South Asia, many people of marginalized genders and sexualities are given harmful labels, and pushed to the fringed of societies by colonizers and elites. Colonizers used religion and economics to enforce a deviant label onto people with marginalized sexualities while reinforcing heterosexuality and the gender binary as being the only real way to have meaningful relationships, despite evidence of the fluidity of gender and sexuality, not only in narrative…

You probably heard India has multiple languages, and its culture is really important to it. India is also known for their many festivals. India is the land of many festivals, they used to have 365 festivals in a year. India used to have a festival for everyday to bring life and enthusiasm to people. Nowadays, only important festivals are celebrated and during the festival people gather around and, have many activities. An Indian festival means bring culture back and teach the next generation…

Hindu religion. However, there is a story that tells us why he looks the way he does. Before Ganesh had ever been created, there was Shiva, the God of destruction. He lived with his wife Parvati, the goddess of love, fertility and devotion. One day, Parvati was preparing a bath. She did not want anybody to intrude on her, so she asked a bull named Nandi to keep guard. Shiva, however, declared himself master of the house and disturbed his wife during her bath. This frustrated Parvati, so she…

However, Shiva and Ganesh did not meet each other yet. When Shiva returned to his palace, he thought that Ganesh was just a random person and cut off Ganesh’s head. Later, Shiva found out that Ganesh was his wife’s son so he sent messengers to look for a replacement head. The messengers found an elephant head and put on Ganesh’s body. After reading this story, I noticed how quickly Shiva changed from angry to soothing. “Shiva, furious at being challenged…‘I'll put things right, soothed Shiva.’…