OM NAMO SIVA RUDRAYA..
OM NAMO SITHI KANTAAYA..
OM NAMO HARA NAGA BARANAYAA..
PRANAVAAYA, DAMA DAMA DAMARUKA NADHA NANDAAYA....
Shiva is 'shakti' or power, Shiva is the destroyer, the most
powerful god of the Hindu pantheon and one of the godheads in the Hindu
Trinity. Known by many names - Mahadeva, Mahayogi, Pashupati, Nataraja,
Bhairava, Vishwanath, Bhava, Bhole Nath - Lord Shiva is perhaps the most
complex of Hindu deities. Hindus recognize this by putting his shrine in the
temple separate from those of other deities.
The actual image of Shiva is also distinct from other
deities: his hair piled high on the top of his head, with a crescent tucked
into it and the river Ganges tumbling from his
hairs. Around his neck is a coiled serpent representing Kundalini or the
spiritual energy within life. He holds a trident in his left hand in which is
bound the 'damroo' (small leather drum). He sits on a tiger skin and on his
right is a water pot. He wears the 'Rudraksha' beads and his whole body is
smeared with ash.