Not everyone seeks perfection. Some people seek truth. Not polished, Instagrammable, spiritual-aesthetic truth—but raw, tangled, untamed truth. The kind that doesn’t come from reading a quote or ...

Most gods sit on thrones. Shiva sits on a tiger skin, under open skies. Most gods are adorned in gold. Shiva wears ash from the cremation ground. In a pantheon filled with gods of order, law, and ...

Hindu god Shiva's cosmic cycle of destruction mirrors Joseph Schumpeter's idea of creative destruction - a theme echoed in ...

Shiva is one of the most revered deities in Hinduism, known as the god of destruction and transformation. He is a central figure in the Trimurti, alongside Brahma (the creator), and Vishnu (the ...

'He is the God of Gods, the originator of yoga and the Vedas, the most powerful masculine figure who respects the feminine.' Text: Divya Nair/Rediff.com Videos: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com IMAGE: Amish ...

The largest temples in India are constructed for the Brahminical deity Shiva. Often, the antiquity of Shiva is traced back to the Vedas. Vedic literature mentions Rudra as a malevolent deity; on the ...

Shiva is one chill deity. He's one of the three major gods in the Hindu religion. And he has a penchant for pot. "Shiva loves marijuana. So we come to share Shiva's prasad [offerings] with everyone ...

Tourists may prefer Angkor Wat, but the temple at Koh Ker shows the power of Shiva and the classic Deva-raja ...

Shiva is one chill deity. He's one of the three major gods in the Hindu religion. And he has a penchant for pot. "Shiva loves marijuana. So we come to share Shiva's prasad [offerings] with everyone ...