The name given to the statue is meant to mislead the Shudra/Dalit/Adivasis, who have their own spiritual symbols in Telangana and also have major spiritual icons like Mahatma Phule, Savitribai Phule & Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
Siva the Supreme Lord
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Saivism holds that Siva is the Supreme Lord spoken of as Brahman in the Upanishads and one who confers liberation on those desirous of it. A jivatma struggling in samsara is sure to experience great joy when he understands the value of Siva Upasana and its untold benefits, even as a poor man’s heart is gladdened when he stumbles upon a treasure, pointed out Srimati R. Mathangi in a discourse. The concept of Pasu, Pati and Pasa is central to Saivism.
Pati refers to Siva the Paramatma. Pasu is the soul in the embodied jiva who is thus a blend of the gross, comprising the body-mind complex, and the spiritual, the chaitanya roopa of the atma which is the indwelling self. Pasa is the rope or fetters and refers to the three taints known as malams which adhere to the soul. The three malams are known as anava, karma, and maya.
Interview: Nepal is a treasure-trove for the study of Śaivism The Paśupatinātha temple does not only host the worship of Śiva and Śaiva deities, but also that of Vaiṣṇava deities such as Viṣṇu and Kṛṣṇa, while once a year Śiva is worshipped in the form of five Buddhas at every buddha-purṇiṃā published on 2021-03-11 16:03:00
To coincide with the Mahaśivarātrī, a great Hindu festival, ApEx brings to you a noted European scholar on Sanskrit and Śaivism the study and practice related to Śiva.
Florinda De Simini is an associate professor in Ancient and Medieval History of India at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”. A PhD in Indic and Tibetan Studies from the University of Turin, she is busy exploring Śaivism in India and Nepal these days through her Śivadharma Project, making a noble use of the National Archives of Kathmandu, and contributing to the study of the religious-social landscape of the
Tamil Nadu: Shaivite Seer Puts Paid To DMK s Plans To Position Shaivism As Different From Hinduism
by Aravindan Neelakandan - Jan 9, 2021 12:01 PM
Shaivism in Tamil Nadu is as Hindu as Shaivism anywhere else in India.
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The DMK plan seemed to be to confuse the Hindu-minded voter in case they couldn t convince her.
This was sought to be achieved by positioning Tamil Shaivism as different from Hinduism.
Of late, in Tamil Nadu, the evangelist-Tamil separatist axis has once again started promoting the false notion that Shaivism is separate and alien to the Vedic family of spiritual traditions and that it ethnically and linguistically belongs to the Tamils.