Maha Shivaratri is an annual festival dedicated to the god Siva and is celebrated mainly at midnight. Siva Purana, Skanda Purana, Linga Purana and Padma Purana narrate stories about how on this day, Siva drank poisonous negativity … Read more
Unique Siva Lingam found at Candi Sukuh, Java, Indonesia is made of glass and encased in a bronze cup. Water stored in this cup has not dried even today. Candi Sukuh [ˈtʃandi ˈsukʊh] is a 15th-century Javanese-Hindu … Read more
Lord Siva was depicted as Ixora God or Mahadev in engravings done during late 16th century by Europeans who visited Indian subcontinent. Theodorus de Bry (1528 – 27 March 1598) published his book Grand Voyages around 1590 … Read more
Ancient Gandhara Kingdom was located in parts of modern-day northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. Gandhāra was located mainly in the Peshawar Valley, Pothohar Plateau and the Kabul River Valley. Its main cities were Purushapura (modern day Peshawar), … Read more
After the surfacing of five ancient Siva temples partly in sand dunes along the Pennar river in Jyothi village in Siddhavatam mandal has led to the discovery that as many as 108 Siva temples have been buried … Read more
NASA analyzed a meteorite shower that took place in Alaska, USA during August 2011. The Siva Lingam that came down to earth first must have been a meteotite. There are multiple similarities between DNA and Siva Lingam. … Read more