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Sankar Director
Sankar generally refers to a Hindu god, Lord Shiva, and may also refer to: People * Sankar (writer & director) (V R Sankar, born 1981), Malayalam film director and writer * Shankar–Ganesh (born 1943), Indian music director duo * Sankar (writer) (Mani Shankar Mukherjee, born 1933), Bengali author * Beni Sankar (born 1948), Guyanese cricketer * C. Sankar, Indian politician * Kayman Sankar (1926–2014), Guyanese rice magnate * R. Sankar (1909–1972), former Chief Minister of Kerala, India * Sankar Das Sarma (born 1953), India-born American theoretical condensed matter physicist Others * Gauri Sankar, the second highest peak of the Rolwaling Himal * Ponnar Sankar, an epic poem in the Tamil language * Sankar Cement, a brand of cement manufactured by India Cements * Sankar, Nepal, a village in Nepal * Sankar Monastery, a Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, northern India See also * Sankara (other) * Shankar (other) * Shankara (other) {{disambiguati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiva
Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hinduism. Shiva is known as "The Destroyer" within the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity which also includes Brahma and Vishnu. In the Shaivite tradition, Shiva is the Supreme Lord who creates, protects and transforms the universe. In the goddess-oriented Shakta tradition, the Supreme Goddess ( Devi) is regarded as the energy and creative power (Shakti) and the equal complementary partner of Shiva. Shiva is one of the five equivalent deities in Panchayatana puja of the Smarta tradition of Hinduism. Shiva has many aspects, benevolent as well as fearsome. In benevolent aspects, he is depicted as an omniscient Yogi who lives an ascetic life on Mount Kailash as well as a householder with his wife Parvati and his three children, Ganesha, Kartikeya and A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
