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Indian Link
February 28, 2018
And her real feeling of freedom comes in her ability to be whatever character is demanded of her – not just a nayika, or heroine, but also male heroes such as the god Shiva. Shiva figures significantly in her philosophy of gender equality. In her speech at the end of her of performance, she said, “How canÃÂ ...
DAWN.com (blog)
February 27, 2018
On February 13th, scores of Hindu devotees thronged to a Shiva temple six kilometres from Umarkot, Sindh. Singing Jai Shiva Shankar and Bolo Har Har Mahadev Ki Jai, the pilgrims were attending the three-day Shiva festival that's held every year. They passed through Muslim villages, where they wereÃÂ ...
India Today
February 20, 2018
ASI has finally declared that Taj Mahal is a tomb not a Shiva temple. ... The Shiv Sena also routinely holds aarti of Lord Shiva at the Dusshera Ghat beside the Taj Mahal and several Hindu organisations have staged demonstrations inside and outside the Taj demanding that the regular namaaz at theÃÂ ...
The Hindu
February 19, 2018
Maha Shivratri is one festival that brings with it an ecstatic fervour not found in other festivals. Devotion to Shiva is a perennial observance. Shiv bhakti precedes other observances as is evident from the Ramayana, Mahabharata and the Puarnas too. The third god of the Hindu Trinity is not only a destroyerÃÂ ...
News18
February 13, 2018
Hindu devotees pour holy water and milk on a lingam or shivling, a representation of the Hindu deity Shiva used for worship during Shivaratri festival at a temple in ... Hindu devotees pour water as they worship a Shivling, a symbolic representation of Hindu god Shiva, during Shivaratri festival in Jammu.
Free Press Journal (blog)
February 12, 2018
Kamadeva, the Hindu god of love and desire, could not distract Lord Shiva. When Indra and other gods were waging war against demon Tarakasura, they approached Shiva for help. Since the demon can only be defeated by Shiva's son but Shiva was busy meditating. The devas then asked Kamadeva toÃÂ ...
Metro
February 12, 2018
The date celebrates several myths surrounding Lord Shiva, a God often depicted smoking weed and blue in colour after drinking a pot of poison. Lord Shiva, seen as the source of both good and evil, is the third God in the Hindu triumvirate. While Lord Brahma is believed to have created the universe andÃÂ ...
Indian NewsLink
January 31, 2018
It is at this time, a little in advance of the end of the Iron Age that God Shiva incarnates in the world. Which is why Shivaratri is celebrated on the 14th night of the dark cycle of the Moon in the month of 'Phalgun' (usually during the last week of February). Phalgun is the last month of the Hindu calendar andÃÂ ...
Polygon
October 3, 2017
But regardless, Shiva — another Astral and narrator of many of the ... to regretfully defend the humans from their fellow god, Shiva explains. It's key that Shiva is the one explaining Ifrit's story; the pair of Astrals were in love.
MensXP.com
October 2, 2017
In 1900, Swami Vivekananda argued that the Shiva-Linga had its ... Basically, the term used to collectively refer to all the Gods of Hindu isÃÂ ...
The Hindu
September 24, 2017
Workers dredging a water reservoir stumbled upon a rare one-faced stone sculpture of Lord Shiva dating back to the 6th century CE in HarwanÃÂ ...
Greater Kashmir
September 23, 2017
"Our team identified the idol as a rare Ekhmukhlinga statue of Hindu god Shiva," said M S Zahid, director Archives, Archaeology and Museums.
Trinidad Guardian
September 6, 2017
There is a Hindu mantra that says, “yada-yada hi dharmasya, glanir bhavati ... Rudra the “Storm God” is generally regarded as fierce andÃÂ ...
The Oamaru Mail
September 1, 2017
Deity . . . Oamaru's Rajan and Vrunda Patel with their statue of Lord Ganesha. ... Ganesh Chaturthi, a 10-day Hindu festival honouring Lord Ganesha, ... Ganesha is the son of Parvati and Shiva and is the god of wisdom,ÃÂ ...
DailyO
September 1, 2017
The Naradasmriti dharmashastra (XII 97), a Hindu law book, states: "When ... In Shiva temples, Shakti embraces Shiva firmly despite a tempestuous marriage. ... Divorce, however, is not seen between the God and his consort.
The Independent
September 1, 2017
The claims that the Taj Mahal was originally a Hindu temple first sprung ... a temple called Tejo Mahalaya dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.
Telegraph.co.uk
August 31, 2017
Indian archaeologists refute claim Taj Mahal was once a Hindu temple ... site was built on a temple dedicated to Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. ... ritual in which light from wicks soaked in butter are offered to the deity.
The Guardian
August 30, 2017
Taj Mahal is Muslim tomb not Hindu temple, Indian court told ... been a temple called Tejo Mahalaya dedicated to the Hindu deity Shiva.
India.com
August 23, 2017
Also known as Shiva-Parvati puja, Hartalika teej is primarily an auspicious day in the Hindu calendar. It is one of the four main Teej festivalsÃÂ ...
The Hindu
December 31, 1999
A player of games and tricks — like the Greek deity Hermes or our own ... Shiva grants the boon — and the demon now pursues Shiva, eager toÃÂ ...
The Quint
December 31, 1999
Lord Shiva was described by one of my younger readers as the Dude ... Is it any wonder then that the God who can shepherd us in such timesÃÂ ...
Scroll.in
December 31, 1999
Taj Mahal is a tomb, not a Shiva temple: Archaeological Survey of ... that the Taj Mahal was a Hindu temple by the name of Tejo Mahalaya.
Hindustan Times
December 31, 1999
Six lawyers in a law suit claimed the monument is a Hindu temple, Tejo ... heritage site was built on a temple dedicated to Hindu god Shiva.
Trinidad & Tobago Express
March 27, 2017
In the other quarterfinal clashes today 2015 champions Fatima College face Shiva Boys Hindu College at Avidesh Samaroo Park in Endeavour from 6 pm; 2011 winners Hillview College take on Signal Hill Secondary at Munroe Road from 5 pm; and 2015ÃÂ ...
The American Bazaar
March 27, 2017
"Raza Aslan, even though he claims to be religious personality, which he is not, just met a few people in Varanasi who are called Aghoris [Hindu sadhus devoted to Lord Shiva], who are not more in numbers and Hindu people do not practice those now a ...
DailyBhaskar (blog)
March 27, 2017
People often do not pray to god out of pure love, but out of fear of bad luck. Introspect a little and would realize that people only beg or ask for selfish favours whenever they are worshipping or doing any puja ritual.
The Hindu
March 27, 2017
The five chariots are dedicated to Ganesha, Sri Srikanteshwara, Parvathi, Subramanya, and Chandikeshwara and there will be a grand Theppotsava for Shiva on April 9. The event is being organised by the Department of Hindu Religious Institutions andÃÂ ...
Huffington Post
March 27, 2017
One of the most sacred Hindu temples of Nepal, is Pashupatinath Temple, located on both banks of Bagmati River in Kathmandu.
India.com
March 27, 2017
Observed in the lunar month of Chaitra, Goddess Shakti is worshipped in nine forms on nine days schedule, according to the Hindu calendar. Popular in North Indian households, Navratri Puja begins with Shubh Muhurat time on the same date as of whenÃÂ ...
St. James Plaindealer
March 26, 2017
Animals are sacred for different reasons, said Stegner, adding in some cases they represent the different traits of the Hindu god, Shiva, who has appeared as a monkey and an elephant.In other cases as part of the never-ending wheel people can return to ...
Merinews
March 26, 2017
Arti is a Hindu worship ceremony/offering performed in adoration/honor of deity/deities by circular movement of a lighted lamp accompanied by hymn singing and may include sounding of handbells and other instruments.
Mmegi Online
March 26, 2017
Shukla talked about the Shiva, a dancing deity, which symbolises the interplay of dynamic and static divine energy flow containing the five principles of external energy; creation, preservation, destruction, illusion, and emancipation.
Mid-Day
March 25, 2017
However, nowadays, if you make fun of a Hindu god, point to his or her imperfection, like Ram's inability to be a good husband, Shiva's inability to give up his fondness for bhang, or Krishna's failure as a father, or Saraswati's arrogance, or Lakshmi ...
Outlook India
March 25, 2017
Adityanath, a Hindu ascetic, a Nath yogi or Kanphata (split-eared) Yogi, heads Gorakhpeeth, the monastery dedicated to the legendary Gorakhnath, the yogi who is said to have lived sometime between the 10th and 14th centuries.
http://www.newsgram.com/
March 25, 2017
A notorious American Fundamentalist preacher named Steven Anderson of the 'Faithful Word Baptist Church' in Arizona arrived in Trinidad with the utter rationale to pester the Hindu Community. This man has brazenly ... They need to realize that Jesus ...
Stuff.co.nz
March 25, 2017
Need to know: Supreme Hindu god Shiva reputedly informed his wife Parvati, goddess of love, of the secret of creation and eternity in this cave in his Himalayan abode.
The Hindu
March 23, 2017
Then Satya presented a varnam in traditional 'margam', in praise of Lord Siva. In the second sanchari the heroine pines for her union with the Lord who was hit by Manmadha's (Cupid) arrow.
The Economist
March 23, 2017
TO SOME he is both hero and saint: a shaven-headed, saffron-robed servant of the Lord Shiva who has been elected five times in a row to India's national parliament and elevated, at just 44 years of age, to the highest political office in a state of ...
Travel+Leisure
March 23, 2017
Maha Shivaratri is a yearly Hindu festival in honor of the God Shiva, and attendees often honor Shiva by fasting, taking ritual baths, and smoking "charas.
Hindustan Times
March 23, 2017
High drama was witnessed on a Pune-Delhi Air India flight soon after it landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Thursday morning as Shiv Sena Lok Sabha MP Ravindra Gaikwad allegedly hit a 60-year-old airline staffer with slippers ...
Quartz
March 23, 2017
Given all this, I was not surprised at the outrage from sections of the Hindu-American community (and their self-appointed representatives) following the debut of Believer, a CNN mini-series on the fringe and fascinating religious sects around the ...
Herald Sun
March 22, 2017
The man, on a religious worker visa, then severely hurt his hand on a flour grinder in the canteen attached to the Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple in Carrum Downs. Sponsored by the organisation the man, aged in his 30s, worked in the temple from June 2011 toÃÂ ...
ScoopWhoop
March 21, 2017
He refers to Shiva's trishul in a derogatory manner and we won't tolerate this. Bengali literature has a great tradition.
DailyBhaskar (blog)
March 20, 2017
Lord Shiva. 5 of 6. Paan or beetle leaves in puja. 6 of 6. Sun god. PrevNext. 3) If you're lighting the diya with desi ghee (clarified butter) use only white colour cotton.
Merinews
March 20, 2017
In that dream, the Lord had asked him to install an idol of Dakshinamurthy (an aspect of Shiva), at a spot similar to what he had seen in the vision.
The Sun
March 19, 2017
The Angel wants to be recognised more for her mind than her pretty face.
Hindustan Times
March 18, 2017
It is believed that in 11 BC, the famous saint Guru Gorakhnath, an incarnation of Lord Shiva, visited the city and performed puja for long.
The New Indian Express
March 18, 2017
It's Yogi Adityanath. The suspense over who will be the next chief minister of Uttar Pradesh is finally over. The BJP made a formal announcement anointing Yogi Adityanath to the post on late on Saturday evening.
The Hindu
March 18, 2017
Finding treasure in the Neelkanth temple in Bundelkhand.
Maroon
March 14, 2017
Maha Shivratri is a Hindu festival honoring the god Shiva, which is observed during the night. It is considered to be one of the most important and spiritual nights of the year for Hindus.
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