Lord Shiva Statue

Actual Image Size	: 800 x 600 Pixels
Memory Size in KB	: 286 KB
Image Location	: Surajkund Crafts Fair
City / Place Name	: Faridabad
Album (Category) Name	: Mahashivratri (Worship and Festivals)

Shiva or Siva, is one of the main Deities of Hinduism, worshipped as the paramount lord by the Saivite sects of India. Shiva is one of the most complex gods of India, embodying seemingly contradictory qualities. He is the destroyer and the restorer, the great ascetic and the symbol of sensuality, the benevolent herdsman of souls and the wrathful avenger. Shiva was originally known as Rudra, a minor deity addressed only three times in the Rig Veda. He gained importance after absorbing some of the characteristics of an earlier fertility god and became Shiva, part of the trinity, or trimurti, with Vishnu and Brahma. - by Amarjeet