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...

basis. Like other Shiva temples of Tamil Nadu, the priests belong to the Shaivaite Brahmin caste. The temple rituals are performed by pandit six times a...

Tirupathi), the other the Thirunageswarar or Naganathaswami temple for Shaivaites. An important rite of this temple is that of Rahu bhagawan sannathi where...

Durga slaying Mahishasura (a demon), images of the Nayanmar saints (Tamil Shaivaite saints), depictions of the Girija Kalyana (marriage of Parvati to the...

ornaments and a sword. It is known as one of the Panchakasi Kshetrams of the Shaivaites. AP TDC runs bus services from Rajahmundry to this village. The temple...

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...

Dhankaur in 1810 and rebuilt in 1962. It is a place of pilgrimage for Shaivaite devotees on Maha Shivaratri. As mentioned in the Mahabharata and other...

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...