Lord #Shiva is known by thousands of names. Bhava "Being" Sarva "the All” Parshupati “Lord of Creatures” Kapardin “Lord of Dreadlocks” Sahasraksha “Thousand Eyed” called “Blue-Throated One” because his throat turned blue from drinking down the world-threatening poison churned up from the Sea-Of-Creation As *MahaKala Shiva is “great Lord of Time” He is “Lord of the Waves" He is #Nataraja "Lord of Dance" creating and destroying the cosmos. As Dakshinamurti he is an ascetic and teacher. He is also Umapati the husband of Uma or Parvati, father of Ganesha. One moment Lord of the Universe, Vishvanatha the next a gaunt beggar wearing animal skins smeared with human ashe, skulls and snakes. Dancing, begging, slaying demons… enthroned goddess Shakti literally his “energy” and “power” …one cannot speak of Shiva as “he” for “he” is Ardhanarishvara "Lord who is half-woman" he is Shivaratri “Night of Shiva” in his manifestation as the darkness of the uncreated-Cosmos Shiva's relationship to the sacred landscape of India is expressed prolifically in the indigenous theological language of story, song, and symbol, ritual and pilgrimmage – as vast as the cosmos, as close as the hill at the edge of town. Shiva fits no category, has no caste, is outside the social order, both young and old, married and celibate. Shiva is depicted with the #crescentMoon adorning his ascetic’s hair as a #jewel Shiva as both sakala “with parts” and "nishkala“undivided, without parts” draws its meaning from the waxing and waning of the moon One translation of kalais “a fraction of the moon” … The Moon’s day, Monday *Somavara is
associated with Shiva, as well as the day proceeding
the new-Moon
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LORD SHIVAS jyortirlingas*:・゚✧
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The lingas or “emblems” of holy light, are places where Shiva made himself manifest. Varanasi, Banaras, which Hindus call Kashi the luminous City-of-Light is understood as the earthly manifestation of Shiva’s Linga of Light..a sacred zone where the fathomless light of Shiva intersects the Earth. A place where many go to die and become liberated “Death in Kashi is liberation.” The fire of Shiva and the cooling waters of the Ganga, considered to be liquid form of Shakti (the Yoni or base of the Linga) are linked here through countless rituals of purification… all the great jyortirlingams are associated with divine-Waters These are the places where Maha Kala Shiva Lord-of-Time appeared as a fathomless column of light…often, lingas are simple stones or rocky outcroppings empowered by the religious imagination of the people, the jyortirlinga is an axisMundi (cosmic-Axis*) a piercing pillar of light running through the core of the universe. Within their many temples, the rhythm of rituals includes the adorned linga aratiDarshan of evening and the naked nirvana Darshan of morning. During nirvana darshan, worshippers pour water and milk offerings on the linga, heaping on its shaft garlands of wildflowers, sandal-paste, a crown, crystallized sugar, dried fruits, nuts, coconut. Pilgrims touch the stone with their hands or foreheads, rubbing it with ghee, making offerings
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