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Lord Sivan

Shiva is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine. Followers of Hinduism who focus their worship upon Shiva are called Shaivites or Shaivas . His role as the primary deity of Shaivism is reflected in his epithets Mahadeva ("great god"; maha = great + deva = god), Mahesvara ("great lord"; maha = great + isvara = lord), and Paramesvara . Shaivism, along with traditions that focus on Vishnu, and Sakta traditions that focus on the goddess (Devi) are three of the most influential denominations in Hinduism.
Shiva is one of the six primary forms of the Divine in Smartism, a denomination of Hinduism that puts particular emphasis on six deities, the other five being Vishnu, Shakti, Ganesha, Kartikkeya and Surya.Another way of thinking about the divinities in Hinduism identifies Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva as each representing one of the three primary aspects of the divine in Hinduism, known collectively as the Trimurti.
In the Trimurti system, Brahma is the creator, Vishnu is the maintainer or preserver, and Shiva is the destroyer or transformer.
The Great Story of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati Marriage The muth of wedding of Lord Shiva and Shakti which is a single mainly essential myth which is connected to the event of Mahashivaratri. The legend tells why Lord Shiva had got wedding a next occasion to Goddess Shakti, which was his great wife. According to myth of Lord Shiva and Shakti, the daylight Lord Shiva got wedded to Parvati which is great as Shivaratri – the dark of Lord Shiva.