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Brahma on Hamsa, Shani on vulture, and Yama on buffalo, Pahari school, Chamba style chitra 1740 CE

Shiva and Shani
​By Kamini Nataraja

Who would think that there could be a God of destruction? A God who wears a snake around his neck, lives in snow-clad Kailash mountains with only a lion’s skin around his waist, and can turn from a kind herdsman to a mighty warrior? Yet here is the Hindu God Shiva. One of the trinities of Hinduism, Shiva is the God of destruction. Brahma is the creator. Vishnu is the preserver, and Shiva completes the cycle of the universe by making way for new creation. Shiva is extremely enigmatic, filled with contradictions and symbolisms. On one hand he is the most benevolent giver, gifting a gem filled with nectar of immortality to the demon king Ravana; on the other hand, he kills his own father-in-law Daksha. Shiva is called the adi-yogi or the foremost meditator, but he beheads his own son Ganesha in anger.​
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