Nowadays we look at Shiva as one of the trinity of Brahma Ji, Vishnu Ji and Shiva. This was not always the case. Having celebrated Shivaratri, let us understand what Shiva really is all about.

In the Vedic times, all worship did not have any murtis or images. Fire, sun, etc., were symbols; they didn't need any other human-like forms.

Then at the beginning of the Kali Yuga, towards the end of the Mahabharata, when the shift happened from Vedic worship to Puranic worship, initiated by sages like Vyasa who........

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