That Lord Siva To Be Adored
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MODES OF SIVA PUJA

A little probe divulges the truth of His preference. Having swallowed the most lethal poison with shooting tongues of fire -- the all consuming conflagration, emerged during the churning of the ksheerasagara, His inside is inevitably seething with unbearable blazing heat, and is surging through every pore of His body. So, when the cool, soothing water touches His skin, He feels a freezing cool sensation enveloping as it were. That mood confers blessings out of proportion. Natural ! Moreover, He is layakara - snapping the bonds tying mankind to this sinridden world. That office calls forth certain amount -of harshness coupled' with ruggedness and compassionlessness. So inevitably He wears the aspect of Vugra too. Look ! His effervescent harshness is not cooled, eventhough by living surround by the freezing icy peaks. Does His choice mirror any indiscretion ? Or does it indicates His lack of the Samysya ? Neither luxury nor frivolousness ever peep through this. He is, by and large, the standing specimen of simplicity and unostentation.

 

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About Modes Of Siva Puja
Lingodbava Puja..Pg1
Lingodbava Puja..Pg2
Background..Pg1
Background..Pg2
Halahalam Episode..Pg1
Halahalam Episode..Pg2
Sivabhishekam..Pg1
Sivabhishekam..Pg2
Siva's Preference..Pg1
You are Here! Siva's Preference..Pg2 
Siva's Preference..Pg3
Shodasopachara Sivapuja
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