- traditions. In
Balinese Hinduism,
Dutch ethnographers further subdivided Siwa (
shaivaites) Sampradaya" into five – Kemenuh, Keniten, Mas,
Manuba and Petapan. This...
- (though
inscriptions evidence the 5th
century CE), is
regarded as a
sacred Shaivaite temple in that it is one of the 5
majestic cosmic dance halls (pancha...
- The
Tevaram (Tamil: தேவாரம், Tēvāram), also
spelled Thevaram,
denotes the
first seven volumes of the twelve-volume
collection Tirumurai, a
Shaiva narrative...
- of
Tamil Nadu, India. The
Thanumalayan Temple is of
importance to both
Shaivaite and
Vaishnavite sects of Hinduism, as the name
Stanumalaya denotes the...
- basis. Like
other Shiva temples of
Tamil Nadu, the
priests belong to the
Shaivaite community, a
Brahmin sub-caste. The
temple rituals are
performed by pandit...
-
Karnasubarna in modern-day
Murshidabad district, was set up by Shashanka, a
Shaivaite king who
ruled approximately between 600 AD and 625 AD. The
modern structure...
-
Durga slaying Mahishasura (a demon),
images of the
Nayanmar saints (Tamil
Shaivaite saints),
depictions of the
Girija Kalyana (marriage of
Parvati to the...
-
features a low gopuram. Most of the
deities at the left of the
entrance are
Shaivaite (affiliated with Shiva)
while on the
right hand side the
deities are Vaishnavaites...
-
regarded as a
parihara sthalam for Rahu. It was
built by the
celebrated Shaivaite poet
Sekkizhar where Lord
Shiva appears in the form of
Thiru Nageshwarar...
-
welcomed and
conversed with
devotees of
different paths and
religions from
Shaivaite, Vaishnavite, Tantric, or from Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Sikhism,...
