His statues have completely disappeared only the symbol has remained. In fact you will never find a statue of him. There are millions of temples devoted to Shiva’s lingam. You must have seen a lingam, Shiva’s symbolic representation as phallus. Not today’s India, because today’s India has become very cowardly. Such a courageous story is possible only in India. Let me tell you one story, one of the very daring and courageous stories. Shiva defends his devotee Markandeya from Yama, the god of death, in a print from the Ravi Varma Press, 1910. The extant manuscripts of this Purana have 137 chapters, of which chapters 81 through 93 is the Devi Mahatmya.Tradition and some medieval era texts assert that the Markandeya Purana has 9,000 verses, but surviving manuscripts have about 6,900 verses.The text presents a diverse range of topics, with socio-cultural information and symbolism for Vedic ideas and metaphysical thought. The Markandeya Purana's Devi Mahatmya is often ranked in some Hindu traditions to be as important as the Bhagavad Gita. The text is considered as a central text of the Hindu Goddess-related Shaktism tradition, with an extraordinary expression of reverence for the feminine. It is famous for including the Devi Mahatmya within it, the oldest known treatise on Devi (goddess) as the Supreme Truth and creator of the universe. The Markandeya Purana is probably one of the oldest in Purana genre of Hindu literature, among the most interesting and important, states Ludo Rocher. The Markandeya text is one of the Puranas that lacks a sectarian presentation of ideas in favor of any particular god, and it is rare to read any deity being invoked or deity prayers in the entire text. The text's title Markandeya refers to a sage in Hindu mythology, who is the central character in two legends, one linked to Shiva and other to Vishnu. Translated into English by Manmatha Nath Dutt The History of India - By its various Historians.Art and Artists of the Twentieth Century.Astronomy, Ayurveda, Yoga, Science and Mathematics in Ancient India.History of India's Trade, Industry and Finance.The Dutch, French and Portuguese in India.The Honourable East India Company (1600-1858).
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