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Shiva's Headband

In 1973, the band had an onscreen performance in the film, The Thief Who Came to Dinner, a Houston-based production that starred Ryan O'Neal and Jacqueline Bisset.


Adinath

Adinath Shiva, a title of the Hindu deity Shiva (sometimes used)

Balinese architecture

They are; Center: Shiva, East: Isvara, West: Mahadeva, North: Vishnu, South: Brahma, Northeast: Sambhu, Northwest: Sangkara, Southeast: Mahesora, and Southwest: Rudra.

Bhadra

In Hinduism, Bhadra (भद्र) is a goddess of the hunt and one of Shiva's servants.

Daniel J. Schwinn

After graduation, Schwinn launched Shiva, a global communications equipment manufacturer that grew to sales of $150M and 500 employees.

Devaloka

When that happens, the practitioner can even reach higher planes, such as Vaikuntha and Sivaloka (Kailasa), places of union with Vishnu and Shiva.

Dinu Solanki

He came under media gaze after the RTI crusader Amit Jethwa was murdered; his nephew Shiva Solanki has been arrested as the prime suspect in the murder.

EarthWeb

Named Shivas, after the Hindu Deity of the same name, the ships are very large, and become progressively more advanced.

Gangwar

This clan served as soldiers and sardars in the army of Shiva Ji and other Maratha Sardars and had taken part in the Maratha missions of Rohilkhand to crush the Rohilla Pathans before and after the 3rd war of Panipat This clan was the part of Maratha mission 1771 AD and later settled around the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh hence the surname seems of Maratha origin.

Godavarthi Sri Ramulu

Mahasivarathri (Night of Siva) is celebrated with grandeur at the Shiva temple in Achanta.

Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal School

Notable alumni include Cary Fowler (59), Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, Shiva Rea (81), creator of Prana Flow yoga, and Mike McCarley (88), President, NBC’s Golf Channel.

Hinduism in China

However, there previously existed a Tamil Hindu community in the city who, in the late 13th century, built a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva.

History of Shaivism

In the 7th century the great Chinese traveller Xuanzang (Huen Tsang) toured India and wrote in Chinese about the prevalence of Shiva worship at that time, describing Shiva temples at Kanoj, Karachi, Malwa, Gandhar (Kandahar), and especially at Varanasi (Benares) where he saw twenty large temples dedicated to Shiva.

Kailasanathar Temple

Kailasanathar Temple is the name of several famous megalith rock cut kovils dedicated to the deity Shiva in the form Kailasanathar, whose primary abode is Mount Kailash from which the temples take their names and inspiration.

Kalakala

Kalantaka or Kalakala, aspect of the Hindu god Shiva as destroyer of Death

Kattamuru

There are temples of Lord Shiva, Lord Ganapathi, Lord Hanuman, Saint Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi, Saint Sri Pothulooru Veera Brahmendra Swamy (India’s Nostradamus)and deity Kanaka Durga are very famous temples in this village.

Kirātārjunīya

Shiva, pleased with his bravery, gives him the powerful weapon, the Pashupatastra, which later in the Mahabharata aids him against Karna and the Kauravas during the Kurukshetra war.

Krishna River

Also, located on the banks of the river Krishna is the Sangameshwar Shiva temple at Haripur and Ramling temple near Sangli, as well as, villages such as Jihe.

Malhargad

There are two temples constructed side-by-side: the smaller for Lord Khandoba, and the larger for Lord Mahadeva.

Maulasar

Sahajarao was the ancestor of Ranwa gotra who left Nagaur in vikram samvat 1111 (1044 AD) and founded village Saamikhera and constructed fort and Shiva temple there.

Mind of Mencia

Before going on his tirades, he begs for forgiveness from various Hindu gods such as Shiva and Vishnu.

Nataraja

In 2004, a 2m statue of the dancing Shiva was unveiled at CERN, the European Center for Research in Particle Physics in Geneva.

The statue, symbolizing Shiva's cosmic dance of creation and destruction, was given to CERN by the Indian government to celebrate the research center's long association with India.

Nizhal Thangal

Tamil is the official language of worship, and the object of worship is Lord Narayana with the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.

Padmâvatî

The Mongols attack the city and Padmâvatî and the wounded Ratan-Sen take refuge in the temple of Siva.

Padmavyuha

Jayadratha was very effective in stopping four of the five pandavas from entering Chakravyūha (by making use of a boon granted to him by Lord Shiva); Abhimanyu was very effective in holding all the Kaurava Mahārathis (Great Charioteers, colloquially 'Great Warriors') at bay and thereby preventing the advancement of Kaurava forces towards the Pandavas.

Production of Caminho das Índias

Using the cities of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Mumbai as references, the art director built 42 shops and a complete temple in honor of the Hindu god Shiva, in addition to the façades and entries of a movie theater and the terracota-colored households of the four main Indian families of the story.

Rudra veena

As Rudra is a name for the Hindu god Shiva, rudra vina literally means "the veena dear to Shiva".

Sachan

This clan served as mercenaries in the army of Shiva Ji and other Maratha Sardars and had taken part in the Maratha missions of Rohilkhand to crush the Rohilla Pathans before and after the 3rd war of Panipat This clan was the part of Maratha mission 1771 AD and later settled around the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh hence the surname seems of Maratha origin.

Saka Kingdom

Mahabharata mentions about a whole region inhabited by Sakas called Sakadwipa to the north-west of ancient India, at (6:11):-There in that region are, many delightful provinces where Siva is worshipped, and thither repair the Siddhas, the Charanas, and the Devas.

Shaivism

Shiva Advaita: This monistic theism, formulated by Srikantha (ca 1050), is called Shiva Vishishtadvaita.

Sharada Srinivasan

She had a photo-exhibition in June 2008 at Alliance Française Bangalore entitled 'Cosmic Dance of Shiva' on art-science-dance perspectives related to South Indian bronzes and the Nataraja.

Shiva Smart Tunneling

Shiva Smart Tunneling, also referred to as SST is a simplistic UDP-based VPN tunneling protocol developed by Shiva Corp. (whose assets are now owned by Eicon) for its Shiva series VPN gateways.

Sihor

Regionally, Sihor is all-time famous and known for its hills, their rock pattern, Gautameshwar Mahadev & Lake, Sihor's Festivals, Navnath Pilgrimage (Navnath Yatra) of Shiva Temples, Brahma Kund, 'Sihori Rajwadi Penda' (Peda or Chocolate Cake), old town's ascends and descends, walled city and fort, narrow lanes, Nana Sahib Peshwa and the 1857 revolt, its food and delicacy, Copper-ware & Brass-ware, Pottery, snuff manufacturing factories, Rolling Mills and Industrial Plants.

Sons of Shiva

Sons of Shiva is a 1985 award-winning American documentary film by ethnographic filmmaker Robert Gardner and Askos Ostor, about the worship of the God Shiva, features practices of Hindu worship and devotion, a four-day Gajan ceremony, a Sacred Thread ceremony in Bishnupur and Baul singers of Bengal.

Sothis

Gods who ride such animals, notably Shiva and Dionysos, or who have canine servants, notably Orion and Osiris (with Anubis his gatekeeper and embalmer), were also regarded by Kerenyi as partly derived from Iachen, the sublimator, or an even older myth.

Sree Ramaswami Temple

On their request for penance, Agasthya Muni advised them to perform Tapas at two Shiva Temples.

Tanuku

Tarkasena was made a demon after his defeat in a great war between him and Lord Kumara Swamy (Subramania Swamy), the son of Lord Shiva and Parvathi and the son-in-law of Indra, who was invaded by Tarakasura over an insult meted out to him.

The Oath of the Vayuputras

In the epilogue, Shiva retires to Mount Kailash where he lives the rest of his days peacefully, though missing Sati every day.

Bŗihaspati – The chief Meluhan scientist who becomes Shiva's good friend.

Shiva also realizes that Maharishi Bhrigu is the mastermind behind the attack on Panchavati, plotting against him along with the Swadweepan emperor Dilipa and Daksha.

The Secret of the Nagas

Shiva and Sati travel to Kashi, where a community of Brangas inhabit, in order to get more information on the Nagas.

Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram

The story of Chidambaram begins with Lord Shiva strolling into the Thillai Vanam (vanam meaning forest and thillai trees - botanical name Exocoeria agallocha, a species of mangrove trees - which currently grows in the Pichavaram wetlands near Chidambaram).

Timothy Rub

He also developed a touring exhibitions program that sent exhibitions from the museum to Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul, Munich, and a number of venues in North America, and was responsible for a number of new acquisitions, including a 10th-century Chola temple sculpture of the Hindu god Shiva.

Trilinga Kshetras

According to a Hindu legend, Shiva descended as linga on three mountains namely, Kaleswaram, Srisailam and Bhimeswaram, which marked the boundaries of the Telugu country.

Vajjala Shiva Kumar

He is the only son of Vajjala Samba Shiva Sharma and Radha Bai and was born and brought up in Vemulawada a temple town.

Vish

Vishwanath, the presiding Hindu deity of Varanasi, India, representing Shiva.

Vishahareswara Temple

This Vishahareswara temple was built by a great Shiva Bhakta by the name Paruthiyur Venkatesha Sastri, popularly known as Annaval, who lived during the rule of Serfoji II Maharaja.

Waithali

According to the Anandacandra Inscription, carved in 729 AD, the subjects of the Waithali Kingdom practiced Mahayana Buddhism, and proclaims that the ruling dynasty of the kingdom were descendants of the Hindu god, Shiva.

Zakhar May

In 2002 Zahar May returned to Russia and created with Saint-Petersburg's musicians group "Shiva" in which he united a lot of famous rock-stars such as Sergey Chigrakov from Chizh & Co, Andrey Vasilyev from Raznyie Lyudi and Igor Dotsenko and Pavel Borisov both from DDT (band).


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