Shiva Puja is an ancient practice adopted by the Hindus, wherein which, Shiva devotees used to worship Lord Siva whole heartedly by various methods like doing puja, offering flowers and Bilva leaves, doing meditation and performing abhishekam to the holy Shiva Lingam. In ancient Puranas, we can find that lot of demons and kings have […]
Sukhasanamurti is one of the forms of Lord Shiva, in which he is referred to a Yogi. In this form, Lord Shiva poses a posture, in which he is performing Yoga in a manner he relaxes himself and does the meditation. ‘Sukha’ refers to the pleasing state of mind and body. ‘Asana’ refers to the […]
Lord Shiva is considered as one of the powerful gods in Hinduism. Though he is treated as a god of destruction, yet he could be able to create and protect the entire universe. As per Shiva Purana, it was mentioned, that Lord Shiva takes two different forms as Vishnu and Brahma, and does the protection […]
Importance of Lord Shiva’s Trishula, why Shiva holds Trishula, Trident in his hand? What is the importance of Trishula of Lord Shiva? Lord Shiva called as ‘Destroyer’ (Mahadev) has the power to remove evil with his Trishul. Trishul sometimes symbolises – iccha, kriya and gnana. Trident represents the power to destroy evil and ignorance. Trishul […]
Lord Shiva can be praised for his good qualities like simplicity, adjustability and generosity. He is very generous of given sufficient wealth to his devotees, and also would add lot of Punya to their life account. Even some of the non-worshippers of god, and even some people who belong to other religions showed their sincere […]
Yoni and Lingam represents the forms of Lord Shiva and Ma Shakti. Yoni and Lingam are the sexual organs of the females and males respectively, and there is no need to feel bad to talk about it, since only with these organs, the creation work is still going and going and humans are also helping […]
Gangalamurti (Kankalamurthi), is the form of Lord Shiva. As the Lord Shiva is known as the destroyer, his immense power to destroy the unrest and evil forces in the human race is highlighted in this form Lord Shiva. He is not only known as the destructor of the evil forces in the human race, but […]
Every year in the month of February or March as per the Georgian calendar or on the 13th night/14th day of the Maagha or Phalguna month of the Hindu traditional calendar, Maha Shivratri is one of the foremost and important Hindu festivals. It is grandly celebrated in reverence of Lord Shiva. It is to be […]
Let us keep meditating on Lord Shiva, since Shiva himself is doing that holy act, for our well-being. It is also easy to chant “SHIVA”, “SHIVA”, and we can also frequently chant the “OM NAMAH SHIVAYA” mantra, as much as possible. Lord Shiva is considered to be the first and foremost Rishi and he is […]
Somaskandhamurti is one the forms of Lord Shiva, depicted in one of the Puranas relating to the Lord Vishnu. Here the word ‘Soma’ is referred to Lord Shiva and ‘Skandha’ is refrerred to another child God. It has been described in various occasions in the epics that Lord Vishnu had worshipped Lord Shiva, such as […]
Soumya or Anugraha Murti is one of the forms of Lord Shiva. The word ‘Saumya’ means politeness and ‘Anugraha’ means Grant. It can be said that when Lord Shiva is showering grace or when granting the boons, he will be in Graceful mood and grants whatever requested by his devotees. He would be in a […]
Halahala is a type of powerful poison which was formed from the milk ocean, when the demigods in the heaven and the demons were churned the holy milk ocean, in order to get the divine nectar, also called as Amirtha, to attain immortality. While churning the milk ocean, the demigods used the Snake God Vasuki […]
Both Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu contain great powers, and we could see in some pictures, that Lord Shiva worships Lord Vishnu, whereas, in some pictures, we could see Lord Vishnu worships Lord Shiva. The union of both of these two powerful gods are known as “SANKARANARAYANAN”, and a popular temple is dedicated for both […]
No. Lord Shiva is not at all a ferocious god, but he is our precious god. He contains very soft nature, and he shows his utmost love and affection on his devotees. We would have noticed in the Shaivite texts that some Shiva devotees, out of their true Shiva Bhakti, have gone to the extent […]
Agastya is an ancient sage and he is also considered as one among the 18 Siddhars. He was mentioned in Puranas and also in some ancient Tamil Holy Texts, and his statue can be found in some temples along with his consort Ma Lopamudra. Some portion of Vedic texts was dedicated to Rishi Agastya and […]
Monday is the most auspicious day for worshipping Lord Shiva, and also we can gladly invite Lord Shiva to our homes. We can worship Lord Shiva in Lingam form also by keeping a small Shiva Lingam in our home. But for keeping a Shiva Lingam in our puja room, we have to observe strict cleanliness […]
Here is the list of 108 Forms of Lord Shiva (Maheshvara Murthis). As per Shaiva Siddhantha, there are 108 forms of Lord Shiva which are called Maheshwara Murthis. This list of 108 forms includes the anthropomorphic forms (iconic forms) and not the avataras (incarnations). These Maheshvara Murtis are secondary forms to the primary ones like Shivalingam. […]
Chandeshwara Anugrahamurthi is the form of Lord Shiva, where he saves one of his devotees called Chandeshwara. In the epics, it has been often evident that Lord Shiva has saved various devotees who had shown an extraordinary dedication towards him. One of them was Markendeya, who is a child devotee. Lord Shiva had saved the […]
Ravana Anugraha Murthy is a kind aspect of the Lord Shiva, who would be seated in the Holy Mount Kailash along with Ma Parvati, when Ravana of Lanka tries to lift it. The pictures portraying Ravana, Shiva and Parvati can be seen in the Shiva Temples, and also some sculptures of Ravana Anugraha Murthy are […]
Trimurthi is the trinity of three deities Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. Ekapada Trimurthi is the form of Lord Shiva where he is described along with Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu forming the trinity. In Ekapada Trimurthi aspect, the central leg of Shiva is more visible than other two smaller legs of Vishnu and […]