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Because Shiva's trident is all powerful, Brahma says the only way to revive Ganesh is to attach the head of another child onto Ganesh's body. Shiva orders his attendants to bring him the head of another child so they can revive Ganesh. Shiva's attendants come back with the head of a baby elephant. They attach the head and Ganesh is revived.
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Parvati playing with baby Ganesha. While Ganesha is popularly considered to be the son of Shiva and Parvati, the Puranas relate several different versions of his birth. [5] [6] These include versions in which he is created by Shiva, [7] by Parvati, [8] by Shiva and Parvati, [9] or in a mysterious manner that is later discovered by Shiva and Parvati.
[91] [92] The ancient Greek texts of the time of Alexander the Great call Shiva "Indian Dionysus", or alternatively call Dionysus "god of the Orient". [91] Similarly, the use of phallic symbol [ note 2 ] as an icon for Shiva is also found for Irish, Nordic, Greek (Dionysus [ 93 ] ) and Roman deities, as was the idea of this aniconic column ...
Shiva is often described as wandering the universe as a homeless beggar-ascetic with his consort Parvati's raison d'être being to bring him back to his marital and home life. [37] Shiva is also depicted as asking for alms from the goddess Annapurna, a form of Parvati as the goddess of food. [38]
Shivaji hired Gaga Bhatt, a Brahmin scholar from Kashi, to trace his ancestry back to the Sisodias. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Historians such as Surendra Nath Sen and V. K. Rajwade reject the Sisodia origin by citing the temple inscription of Math, dated to 1397 A.D and holds the view that the genealogy was forged by Shivaji's men.
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Kalantaka (Sanskrit: कालान्तक, ender of time) is an aspect of the Hindu god Shiva as the conqueror of time and death, itself personified by the god Yama. [1] He is depicted as defeating or killing Yama when the latter comes to take the life of Shiva's devotee Markandeya. Shiva is often depicted as dancing on death, personified ...