Lord Siva in his dancing form- Nataraja

Compiled by London swaminathan

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Date:11JANUARY 2019

GMT Time uploaded in London –20-14
Post No. 5919
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I am publishing 45 pictures  from a 119 year old book in Parts . The book is Siva Maha Purana, available at the British library in London. I will give brief description in English along with the pictures of Lord Siva.

சைவ புராணம் என்னும் சிவ மஹா புராணம் 1900-ம் ஆண்டு வெளியானது. இதில் சுமார் 45 படங்கள் உள்ளன. அவற்றை பகுதி பகுதியாக வெளியிடுகிறேன் இந்த புஸ்தகம் லண்டனிலுள்ள பிரிட்டிஷ் லைப்ரரியில் உள்ளது.

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Saints in the Naimisaranya Forest listening to Saint Suthar. He is reciting them the Siva Purana (Mythology about Siva). Look at the posture and beautiful appearance of the saints. They are bare bodied and with bun hairdo. Also notice the different types of tilaks on their foreheads.Saints always use the deer skin or the tiger skin for their seats. Here we seethe tiger skin.

Lord Vishnu is in the Milky ocean on the snake bed. Brahma comes out from him seated on the lotus. Consciousnessis wide awake but eyes look like sleeping (Yoga Nidra)

Siva Linga means the formless form,i.e. there is beginning and there is no end. In a circle there is no beginning or end. God is like that. Foreigners gave wrong explanation to belittle Hinduism. Here Brahma and Vishnu tried to find his beginning and end by going up and down. Both of them admitted that they failed in their attempt. You can easily identify Brahma with Four Heads and Vishnu with Chank (conch) and Chakra (the wheel).

TheVishnu Chakra works like the Australian Boomerang. It hits the target and returns to Lord Vishnu.

Brahm aand Vishnu worshiped  Lord Siva and had his darshan (vision) in the form of 51 Letters. Hinduism is the only religion which has linguistics, grammar and etymology as part of Vedic (religious) studies. The original  alphabets has 51 letters. Sivais always associated with Sanskrit Grammar and alphabet.

40 more pictures are yet to come.

to be continued………………….