Tag: Shiva

  • Ugadi and Gudi Padwa Festivals

    Ugadi and Gudi Padwa Ugadi and Gudi Padwa (Ugādi, Samvatsarādi, Yugadi, Gudi Padwa) mark the traditional New Year’s Day for the Hindus of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana states in India. It is festively observed in these regions on the first day of the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Chaitra. This typically falls in…

  • Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra for Lord Shiva

    The Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra is a prayer to Lord Shiva for healing, overcoming death. Om tryambakam yajamahe sugandhim pushtivardhanam, urvarukamiva bandhanaan mrityor mokshiye maamratat.

  • On Creation and Destruction – Brahma and Shiva

    On the one hand, we have Brahma the creator – he, looking in all four directions, creating the three universes, with the five elements at his disposal. He is said to create all that exists. On the other hand, we have Shiva, the destroyer. He, of the long-matted hair through which the Ganga is said…