because this sculpture is designed to bring me close to the god, to allow me in a sense to converse with Shiva, as the Hindu academic and cleric Shaunaka Rishi Das explains: "The physical ...

because this sculpture is designed to bring me close to the god, to allow me in a sense to converse with Shiva, as the Hindu academic and cleric Shaunaka Rishi Das explains: "The physical ...

a stone sculpture symbolic of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. Some also observe a fast during the day and stay up all night, singing and dancing to religious songs. At some temples ...

In Hindu lore, Shiva is often depicted smoking cannabis ... a vast temple with larger-than-life statues of the gods and yards of flashing garland lights. Devotees from all parts of South Asia ...

It is a very important festival in Hinduism and for worshippers of the Hindu god Shiva. Maha Shivaratri is celebrated every year at night and is practiced through fasting, meditation, self-study ...

because this sculpture is designed to bring me close to the god, to allow me in a sense to converse with Shiva, as the Hindu academic and cleric Shaunaka Rishi Das explains: "The physical ...