| Religion and Philosophy form an essential part of the cultural heritage of a people.The religion of hinduism is very ancient and popular in the world,approximately more than 100 crores hindus living in around all the nations. Hinduism consist six inner religion, these religion established by Adhi shankarar. 1.Saivam(Worshipped Lord Shiva)
2.Vaishnavam(worshipped lord vishnu)
3.Shaktham(worshipped Goddess Shakthi)
4.Koumaram(Worshipped Lord Muruga)
5.Ganathipathyam(Worshipped Lord Ganapathy)
6.Sourashtram(Worshipped Lord Sun) The bigger part of hinduism (nearly 90%) is called Saivam, the saivite divotees worshipped lord Shivan. Dr.Pope Says "Saivism is the old prehistoric religion of south india, essentially existing from pre-aryan times and holds away over the hearts of the tamil people". The worship of siva, as the absolute goes back to the pre-vedic period. During the period of the brahmanas, the siva of the indus valley civilization and the Rudra of the vedic culture merged together representing respectively the love and law aspects of the absolute.(Many aryan evidence shows sivan is the non-aryan god) Generally Shivan is formless and nameless, but later the people worshipped formless form god siva (Lingam, the spherical stone with round basement). After the brahmanas coming, Shivan worshipped in several forms. Shivan is Master of all the gods. He has five heads, Easanam,Thathpurusam,Agoram,Vamadheyam,Sathyojatham(to signify his omnipresence in all 4 directions and one is top of the head). Sivan Five fold cosmic functions is creations,maintenance,destruction,obscutation,and bestowal of grace. The notion of siva as a himalayan god seems to have been existed during the period of indus valley civilization. Shiva wearing the ornaments of serpents. The sun,moon,agni as the three eye for lord shiva, His dress is leather of tiger. The Goddess Parashakthi (Kottravai) is the lifepartner of god shiva. The sacred ash and rudraksham is great identification for saivites.
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