LOL! They picked the correct god!
Shiva is the “Destroyer.” This is a good thing - as the Destroyer is the one who takes mankind’s miscreation and destroys it so that the godly (good) creation can replace it.
Go SHIVA!!!!
SHIVA FOR TRUMP!!!
Thanks for that info.
They do have some interesting idols! I collect them - I just bought a liitle statuette of Shiva dancing in the fire. The trappings of Hinduism are quite beautiful. I know almost nothing about the faith.
In both of my trips to India I observed that even among the very poor, Indians have a kind of spirituality shining from their faces. I did not detect sadness or anger or resentment. But kindness and inexplicable happiness.
When I was in Islamic Morocco years earlier, the eyes of the very poor and those above them reflected xenophobia, paranoia and hatred toward foreigners. Scary stuff. But this may have changed with the dramatic Westernization of the culture there.
Again, not scientific. Just an observation. India has a spiritual soul emanating from its population of Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and others sects too numerous to mention.
Of course, that was all well before globalization and the millennial call centers in India which have begun to tear at the cultural fabric of the country even while raising incomes.