Guest guest Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Can anyone help me identify this fierce blue God? Presumably a manifestation of Siva as he is seen here with presumably Pavati. the local people in sri Lanka preyed to him to curse those who had done them violence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denmans Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 here's the image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Can't say ... He has a sacred thread around across his body - I don't think Lord Shiva has it (I maybe mistaken here). He also blue in color - Sri Rama was not blue, only Sri Krishna was blue in color. Lord Vishnu was Blue in color and Lord Shiva was mild in color - blue is not common on Him, I think. Plus, he is featured with fangs ... uncommon among Hindu Gods. Could it be Ravana? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 >He has a sacred thread around across his body - I don't think Lord Shiva has it (I maybe mistaken here). He also blue in color - Sri Rama was not blue, only Sri Krishna was blue in color. Lord Vishnu was Blue in color and Lord Shiva was mild in color - blue is not common on Him, I think.< There are several Shivite temples in Tamil Nadu where statues and deities of Lord Shiva in Nataraja or Bikshanatha form wears sacred thread. Also in a calendar photo in my own home at Chennai, Lord Shiva is painted in blue color. You talk as if you have met Rama, Vishnu and Shiva face to face /images/graemlins/smile.gif. In India, deities come in all colors and flavour.I suppose you have never seen hinduism as it is really practiced in India, your exposure to hinduism appears to be limited only to google-ing /images/graemlins/smile.gif.Please correct me if I'm wrong. >Plus, he is featured with fangs ... uncommon among Hindu Gods. Could it be Ravana? < Haven't you heard about Ayyanar or Karuppannasamy? The village guardian deities of Tamil people? I remember asking my father when I was young who Ayyanar was, he thought for a while and told me he is avatar of Shiva. That was the logical explanation from a Brahmin's point of view because Ayyanar simply has no reference in Vedas or any other brahmin scriptures. I can imagine how Vedic people might have been equally confused when they encountered Lingam and Shiva worship. They would not have seen or heard such names as is apparent from the absence of these names in Rig Veda. But they must have tried to understand the Indus valley or Dravidian god by equating Shiva with the Vedic god Rudra. In the span of several thousand years, all our religions and cultures has beautifully blended into what we now call Hinduism. But you can still find traces of Non-vedic worships in villages of Tamil Nadu,where Ayyanar and Karuppu are still ruling the land and hearts of their followers. Some of you may commit a grave mistake by degrading their worship by using insulting words like Tamasic, etc..But that is not going to change the reality. My humble advice is that we should not forget the role played by such faiths in preserving hinduism in remote corners of our country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Also in a calendar photo in my own home at Chennai, Lord Shiva is painted in blue color. I know Lord Shiva had a blue throat. But I didn't know He is blue in color - same as Lord Vishnu. You talk as if you have met Rama, Vishnu and Shiva face to face . Who knows ... maybe I had. Souls don't die ... they just migrate from one body to another. So maybe in one of my "migrations" I have the honor of meeting them in person. /images/graemlins/smile.gif In India, deities come in all colors and flavour.I suppose you have never seen hinduism as it is really practiced in India, your exposure to hinduism appears to be limited only to google-ing .Please correct me if I'm wrong. Ahem ... I come from Malaysia where there are Hindus here, including temples, books and Hindusm-related movies/dramas in Astro. Maybe my exposure to India's version of Hindusm is different to what is featured in Malaysia (who by the way are mostly Shivatees). Haven't you heard about Ayyanar or Karuppannasamy? The village guardian deities of Tamil people? When I said Hindus Gods, I meant the main ones like Lord Shiva, Pravathi, Lord Vishnu, Lord Brahma etc who usually don't come with fangs and claws (except Narashima - that one was custom-made for Hirankyasipu ). Some of you may commit a grave mistake by degrading their worship by using insulting words like Tamasic, etc..But that is not going to change the reality. My humble advice is that we should not forget the role played by such faiths in preserving hinduism in remote corners of our country. I have no problem there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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