- traditions. In
Balinese Hinduism,
Dutch ethnographers further subdivided Siwa (
shaivaites) Sampradaya" into five – Kemenuh, Keniten, Mas,
Manuba and Petapan. This...
- The
Tevaram (Tamil: தேவாரம், Tēvāram), also
spelled Thevaram,
denotes the
first seven volumes of the twelve-volume
collection Tirumurai, a
Shaiva narrative...
- (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...
- of
Tamil Nadu, India. The
Thanumalayan Temple is of
importance to both
Shaivaite and
Vaishnavite sects of Hinduism, as the name
Stanumalaya denotes 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...
- 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...
-
thazhambu is
still used for
worship practises. This
story is
found in
Shaivaite scriptures.[citation needed] Manickavasagar, the 9th
century Tamil saivite...
- king on
behalf of the Rashtrakutas. Most of the dynasty's
rulers were
Shaivaite,
although they also
patronized Jainism. The dynasty's
founder Mularaja...
-
Kanyaka became an
ardent devotee of Shiva, who
turned into a mendicant. The
Shaivaite Komatis see
Kanyaka as
Kanyaka Parameshvari. She is
regarded to have cursed...
-
Dhankaur in 1810 and
rebuilt in 1962. It is a
place of
pilgrimage for
Shaivaite devotees on Maha Shivaratri.
Daksheswar Mahadev Temple owes its existence...
