Shiva

The Hindu god I decided to research is the god Shiva. Shiva is the destroyer, but he is not evil. He is just responsible for change both in the form of death and destruction and in the positive sense of destroying the ego, the shedding of old habits and bad attachments. He is also the god of the yogis. In Hinduism, destruction creates a path for a new creation of the universe, a new opportunity for truth, goodness and beauty. There are many different attributes of Shiva. He carries around a trident , he is often seated on a tiger skin or wears it, because tigers represent the mind. The sound of Shiva's drum is said to maintain the rhythm of the heartbeat. He lives on Mount Kailasa in the Himalayas, and his 'vehicle' is the white bull called Nandi, or 'the joyful'. Shiva is one of the mainly worshiped gods. He is worshiped everywhere in India, and that is because he is part of so much of Hinduism. He affects Hindu's lives in so many different ways that they worship him in order to have a good life.