SHIVA, BELOVED OF MILLIONS

SHIVA

He is the One who existed even before the world began.
He is the One who has been prayed to, even when He was unseen.
And ever since the very first time He chose to make His presence known, Shiva has been loved by millions.

There is the Pauranic Shiva: The Timeless One vouchsafed to us by the ancient tellings of the Rishis, down to our grandmother’s tales. The Shiva from Kailash.
Shiva, the mountain Chieftain who lives happily with His beautiful Queen, Parvati, and the merry mountain men called ganas. Because His traditional story must always be respected and passed on, it is important to read about Shiva from the Puranas and assimilate this learning into the contemporary idiom of His legend. 

But there is also the Adhunik Shiva; the Omnipresent, who is always here, lurking in our own hearts, in the present, and therefore the most modern at any time.
For Shiva is Mahakaal, the Ultimate Time Traveller...The Shiva who sometimes comes into the fantasies of writers to make up new stories.

Author's preface from the book SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

( This special Picture is sent by Indian Embassy Bangkok. Ambassador Harsh Vardhan Shringla ( Now The honourable Ambassador to Bangla Desh)  inaugurated the renovated Shri Dev Mandir( Hindu Samaj) on the auspicious day of Mithuna Sankranti, 15 June, 2014 at Bangkok. Ambassador Shringla Did Puja and Abhishek of the Shivlinga, and thereafter applauded the great efforts of the temple committee in for all the good activities undertaken by them for upholding Indian Culture and values.