Gods and goddesses exist not just as powerful, abstract entities but as characters with emotions, principles, and rules.

Hindu texts describe worship with flowers ... 81,000 verses – is dedicated to the deity Skandha, a son of god Shiva and goddess Parvati. The text provides a gradation of flowers that culminates ...

Ganagaramaya Temple, one of the oldest temples in Colombo which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited on trips to Sri ...

Lord Shiva is one of the supreme Gods of Hinduism. If you are a devotee of Lord Shiva and would like to name your baby after ...

Most of these temples were dedicated to the god Shiva. For the people of Orissa, Shiva - one of the three central deities of Hinduism, the god of paradoxes, the god who forever creates and ...

For example: She is worshipped as Parvati, who was Shiva’s first wife. She is also known as Durga, who is shown in images as having many weapons. This is intended to portray her as a goddess of ...

Parikrama is done differently for different Gods and Goddesses. And for a Parikrama ... the mountain which is about 12 kilometers. For Lord Shiva, devotees traditionally perform only half a ...