Siva : The Gracious

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Siva and his family. 3. Incarnations of Siva. 4. Forms of Siva. 5. The violent form. 6. The composite forms. 7. Other forms of Siva. 8. Siva beyond Indian frontier. Arati of Sivaji.

"Siva is the ancient most God of the Hindu trinity and his worship in India is of great antiquity, traces of which are found in the Harappan culture, in Vedic literature and the Puranas besides the Upanisads etc. His temples are found from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Bengal to the Western Regions of the country. He indeed had been the great God with enormous following throughout the country. The present account provides the glimpses of his life in brief."