In Hindu mythology, the devas (gods) and asuras (demons) are often portrayed as eternal rivals locked in a cosmic battle of ...

N EW YORK (RNS) — A few minutes before midnight on Wednesday (Feb. 26), under the strobe light of the dance floor of a Queens bar, a man dressed as the Hindu deity Lord Shiva performed the ...

Article about Shiva, the third god in the Hindu triumvirate. Shiva is the third god in the Hindu triumvirate. The triumvirate consists of three gods who are responsible for the creation, upkeep ...

Uniquely in the Hindu faith, Shiva is worshipped not through a traditional embodied idol, like the elephant-headed Ganesh, but rather a “formless, timeless and causeless” phallic object called ...

Shiva joins Agni, Bakasura, Ganesha, Kali, Kumbhakarna, Rama, Ravana, and Vamana as Smite grows its list of Hindu Gods. By Saniya Ahmed on February 3, 2022 at 8:07AM PST Comments ...

A Hindu holy man in Kathmandu smokes a chillum, a traditional clay pipe, on March 6, the eve of a festival honoring the god Shiva. Prkash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images Shiva is one chill deity.

Subscribe: Stay in the know with a 99-cent subscription to the RGJ BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Two New York craft breweries have discontinued a beer called "Aqua Shiva" after protest from Hindu activists.

In Hinduism, Lord Shiva, along with Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu, forms the great triad of Hindu deities. Moksh (liberation) is the ultimate goal of Hinduism. There are about three million Hindus ...

Shiva, who is one of three pre-eminent gods in the Hindu religion along with Brahma and Vishnu, is considered the destroyer of the world, which must end, metaphorically speaking, in order to be ...

Mahadev Tripathi, dressed as Hindu deity Lord Shiva, performs the Tandava dance, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, at Divya Dham Mandir in Queens, New York. (RNS photo/Richa Karmarkar) ...