Symbols tell their own story, often more effectively than words. Damru symbolises the Universe, always expanding and collapsing. From expansion, it collapses and then it re-expands; this is the ...
Lord Shiva is shown carrying a trident in His left hand. He holds a Damru (small drum), wears serpents around His neck as an ornament. We see mother Ganga (sacred river) entering His hair locks. He ...
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) [India] Jan. 05 (ANI): Lord Shiva is a symbol of world unity, said Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday. "We have revived tradition of Shiva Mahotsav ...
Among all deities in the world’s spiritual traditions, Shiva stands apart. He is wild, untamed, ascetic, compassionate, destructive and protective at the same time. He is adorned not with worldly ...
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday extended greetings to the people on the eve of Maha Shivratri, describing Lord Shiva as the symbol of "meditation and ...
In Kerala, in the 1880s, inequality, oppression and upper caste rule was predominant. It was Shivratri. Shiva was the God of the upper castes. They worshiped Lord Shiva in different ways as ...