We invoke Rudra, the mightiest of the mighty, with the thousand remedies, to protect us.” — Rigveda 2.33.1 Long before the ...

(NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue dated April ... And there's only one god for all rages: ...

The largest temples in India are constructed for the Brahminical ... Hence the idea of Shiva as their god is a misnomer. (This appeared in the print edition as "Not A Dalit God") ...

This led to the Vedic grihapati, who fed the gods and the ancestors, reinventing himself as the grishastha of the dharma shastra (code of conduct), who saw family life as a duty, superior to ...

The devotees celebrate the festival in temples by pouring water or milk over the Shiva linga, a stone sculpture symbolic of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction ... and many Indian Hindus, who ...

He is the God of Gods, the originator of yoga and ... Discovery TV has put together is we got to explore Lord Shiva across the Indian subcontinent, across various social classes, across different ...

Shiva Temples Outside India: Numerous temples in India are renowned ... is portrayed in reliefs that adorn the gods’ temples. There are 240 temples inside the compound of the 8th-century AD ...

Millions of devotees across India are celebrating the Shivaratri festival that honors the Hindu god Shiva, one of the main deities of Hinduism. The devotees celebrate the festival in temples by ...