X-Nico

unusual facts about Siva


J. D. Chakravarthy

He debuted in 1989 through Ram Gopal Verma's debut Telugu film, Siva in a negative role as a student named J.D., and a supporting role in a Malayalam movie Ennodishtam Koodamo before devoting all his time to films under his mentor's Ram Gopal Verma's production.


Abhishek Chaubey

He completed his tenth standard from St. Xavier's School, Ranchi in the year 1 993, completed 12th from Siva Sivani Public School, Hyderabad in the year 1995, and then did his graduation in English literature from Hindu College, New Delhi in the year 1998.

Aditya I

Aditya I is claimed to have built a number of temples for Siva along the banks of the Kaveri.

Alluda Majaka

Peddaiah's NRI son, Siva (Chinna) comes to the village from America to see Pappi (Ramya Krishna), the eldest daughter of Vasundhara, and a girl of Peddaiah's choice for him to marry, but he decides instead to marry Sitaram's sister, Malleswari (Ooha), a traditional Telugu girl.

Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation

According to APIIC Chairman S.Siva Rama Subramanyam, who recently led a three-member corporation team to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to study the famed 'Petronas Towers' there, the modalities of the project were being worked out.

Angulimala

He notes that there are several other references in the early Pāli canon that seem to indicate the presence of devotees of Siva, Kali, and other divinities associated with sanguinary tantric practices, and that Angulimala's behaviour would not be inconsistent with certain violent practices that were observed in India by Thuggee-like transgressive cults into recent times.

Arinjaya Chola

From an inscription found near Melpadi in north Tamil Nadu, we learn that Rajaraja Chola I erected a Siva temple called Arinjisvara as a tomb-shrine in memory of his grandfather Arinjaya who was also known as "Arrur tunjina devan".

Arumbakkam

Notable landmarks in Arumbakkam are D G Vaishnav College, Speed Medical Centre & Hospitals, Daniel Thomas School, Kola Perumal School, Sri Panchali Amman Temple, Siva Temple and the Ford Showroom.

Ayyavazhi and Hinduism

By contrast, for example, in Saivism, Sivan (the Tamil name for Siva) is considered superior while in Vaishnavism Vishnu is considered superior.

Biranchinarayan Temple, Palia

The sculptures and carvings of the two door jambs bear a close resemblance to the Siva temples of Bhubaneswar and Khiching of the 10th or 11th century A.D.

C. Sivarama Murti

Chapters include: Natya, The Significance of Siva's Dance, Karanas Presented in Siva's Tandava, Karanas Presented by Vishnu as Krishna, The Vedic Roots of the Concept of The Great Dancer, Nataraja Pictured in literature, Varieties of Nataraja as Described in Silpa Texts, Nataraja Form in Sculpture and Painting, The Nataraja Concept Beyond Indian Frontiers.

Eeswar

Eeswar's father (Siva Krishna) manufactures Gudumba (Arrack) with the help of neighborhood people.

Godavarthi Sri Ramulu

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

Hinduism in Sri Lanka

Archeological evidence is also found to support worship of Lord Siva in parts of Sri Lanka, from pre-historic times, prior to the arrival of Prince Vijaya.

Human Body – 96 Constituent principles or Tatwas of Siddha Medicine

The Universe comprise two fundamental entities i.e., matter and energy and the Siddhas identified matter as Siva and energy as Sakthi.

Jaggayyapeta

Tyagi Dynasty worshipped both Vishnoism & shivoism equally, that is why you find both lord siva & chenna kesava swami temples in Mukteswarpuram (Muktyala Village of jaggayyapeta krishna district.

Kalinga Kingdom

Siva is worshipped in the country of the Kalingas in the form of a tiger.

Manochitra

In 2013, she made a comeback featuring in the multi-starrer Netru Indru alongside Prasanna and Vimal, while also signing on to feature in Ajith Kumar's next film directed by Siva.

Media in Hyderabad

Film magazines include TOLLYWOOD, Sitara, Siva Ranjani, Santosham and Jyoti Chitra.

Nandi Thimmana

He was a Saiva and was a disciple of Guru Aghora Siva, yet some of his works are based on Vaishanavism because of imperial patronage.

Padmâvatî

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

Pashupati seal

Secondly, the head is crowned with the horns of a bull and the trisula are characteristic emblems of Siva.

Paul Apodaca

Among his more significant contributions as an anthropologist, Apodaca recovered and restored once-lost recordings of traditional Agua Caliente tribal leader Joe Patencio, Alvino Siva, and others singing bird songs of Cahuilla oral literature.

Rajaraja Chola II

This royal Siva temple, which is one of the trinity of the Great Living Chola Temples along with the Brihadeeswarar Temple Temples at Thanjavur and Gangaikonda Cholapuram all of which are World Heritage Sites.

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.

Samsaram Adhu Minsaram

His family, a typical South Indian joint family, includes his dutiful wife Godavari, his oldest son Chidambaram (Raghuvaran), a junior officer at Indian Oil, and his wife Uma (Lakshmi), his second son Siva (Chandrasekhar), a factory worker, his youngest son Bharathi (a never do good fellow who has failed his high school exams twice) and his daughter Sarojini (Ilavarasi).

Sankaranayinarkoil

Srivaishnavites of Tamil Nadu who worship Lord Vishnu only, have not accepted the mingling of Siva and Vishnu thus, and therefore, they reject this deity of this temple which depicts the concept of Hari and Haran being one God.

Sati Savitri

Sati Savitri is a Telugu film released in the year 1978 directed by B. A. Subba Rao under the banner of Lalitha Siva Jyothi studios.

Shayama Ananda

1975 she did the first of the Shayama series in Mage Nangi Shayama with Roy De Siva, H. R. Jothipala and Sumana Amerasinghe.

Siva Chandran

Siva Chandran (born November 14, 1983) is a Singaporean Film Editor who edited the Singapore feature Film Titled "My Magic" (Tamil).

Siva Shankar Baba

Siva Shankar was born on January 28, 1949, to Narayana Sharma and Vijayalakshmi in the Alangayam village, near Vaniyambadi in the North Arcot (now comes under Vellore district) of Tamil Nadu.

Sivarasa Rasiah

Reminiscing on his early days in an interview with the New Straits Times, Siva said, "I was trying to get into medicine after high school in Victoria Institution but didn't make the grade.

Sivi

Union Minister G. K. Vasan released the audio cassette of Sivi at a function held in Chennai on 29 July 2007 with attendees including directors Ameer, Subramaniam Siva and Tamil Film Producers Council president Rama Narayanan.

Talagunda pillar inscription

The pillar is located beside the Śiva temple of Prāṇaveśvara in Talagunda village, Shikaripur taluk in Shimoga district, Karnataka, India.

Triprangode Siva Temple

Inscriptions of the Later Chera ruler Goda Ravi Varma (10th century) were discovered from the Triprangode Siva Temple.

Ventrapragada

The sivalingam in this temple has Namam (which is uncommon for Siva) and hence the name.


see also