Shiva


 * THE DESTROYER**

The Hindu God, Shiva, is known as The Destroyer of the World. Shiva is responsible for change both in the form of death and destruction and in the positive sense of the shedding of old habits and also represents the most essential goodness. Shiva is the god of the yogis, self-controlled and celibate. Shiva has many forms, which are visible in his Panchavaktra form with 5 heads, a combination of all Shiva energies : Aghora (resides in the creamation grounds), Ishana (most often appears as the shivalingam), Tat Purusha (meditating), Varna Deva (the eternal Shiva) and Saddyojat or Braddha Rudra (the old wrathful form).