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The article offers information on the Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Chennai, India. Topics discussed include popular temples dedicated to Lord Siva Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Hindu devotees from all over the world attracted to Kapaleeshwarar Temple for devotion and pujas, and several rituals performed at the temple.

The article focuses on Chellappaswami Swami and his visit to Jnanaguru Siva Yogaswami, a Sri Lankan tamil. Topics include the Yogaswami's teachings on Hinduism, the Sivadhyanam and Sivathondu meditation on Siva, and the Swami's return in Malaysia after the Second World War. Also discussed are the Kundalini yoga practices, spiritualism, and the annual chariot festival at Nallur Temple.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of witnessing the Krittika Deepam, a festival of lights which honors Siva as Light, at the Kashi Vishveshwara Temple in Nagole in Hyderabad, India.

The article offers information on the five powers of Siva in the Agama Scriptures. It mentions the five powers of Siva including creation or emanation, preservations, and obscuring grace. It states that destruction, dissolution or absorption as one of the powers is symbolized by fire in His upper left hand. It says that revealing grace as Siva's grants knowledge and bond souls. Moreover, Siva has five faces called Sadasiva in which referred to as Panchabrahma in Sanskrit.

The article focuses on Mount Kailash in Tibet, China, as well as offers tips on how to prepare for a pilgrimage to Lord Siva's sacred mountain. It says that Mount Kailash is a peak in the Gangdise Mountains that are part of the Himalayas. It states that the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra can be undertaken via two routes such as the Indian one via Kumaon in Uttaranchal Pradesh and the Kathmandu route. Moreover, it highlights the author's experience of Yatra from July 26 to August 7, 2004.

The article focuses on the identification of Hindu divinities on Golden Window, a major tourist attraction in Patan, India. It says that the iconography of a two-armed standing figure with a lotus in a right corresponds to Padmapani while other figures represent a four-armed Shiva, god of wealth Kubera, and sun god Sarasvati. It mentions that the complex arrangement of the divinities shows attitude towards Buddhism, support for Buddhist practices, and interpretative framework of the practices.

The article introduces Shikha Sharma, Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of largest private sector bank in India Axis Bank. It states Shikha's beliefs and devotion to Lord Shiva and her entry in the company, which she finds a dramatic one. Sharma discusses her personality that never changed even during the cut-throat competition in the financial sector and the good performance and increasing profit ratio lend her name and fame in the commercial banking sector.

The article explores the creation of the Iraivan Temple and the San Marga Sanctuary in Hawaii. It relates that founder Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami has realized the importance of the land called Gurudeva with the three-fold vision of Lord Siva. The author pertains that the Iraivan Temple seems to have been chosen by the God themeselves built to focus the spiritual power and evokes the blessings of Siva.

The article presents information on the Rameshwaram temple located in Chennai, India and experiences of a few pilgrims who trekked to reach the temple. The temple is said to be one of the most revered temples in India, at par to the ones in Varanasi. It is one of the 12 Jyotirlinga Shiva temple and one of the four primary sacred places for Hindus. 22 well in the temple reportedly enable devotees to take a bath, symbolic for a spiritual purification.

The article focuses on the attributes of Shiva, Hindu God, with topics including the spiritual power of nature, the social aspects of religion, and the importance of meditation.

The article discusses the author's spiritual journey into Hindu traditions and their effect on her evolving feminism and ideas about beauty and self. The Hindu deities Siva, associated with transcendence and the masculine, and Sakti, associated with embodiment and the feminine, are discussed at length.

The article narrates the experiences of the author in a pilgrimage to Tiruvannamalai in India. She recalls the celebration of light where devotees sings songs in praise of Siva at the Tiruvannamalai Siva temple in Tamil Nadu. She shares the activities done by the devotees a month after the celebration has ended. With her own experience, she was able to say that a pilgrimage to Tiruvannamalai at any time will come away feeling completely recharged, cleansed and born anew. INSET: An Historic Temple.

The article focuses on Kumara, the son of Shiva. It is indicated that he is depicted as a youth with a nimbus that surrounds his head. An image of Kumara can be found in a courtyard in the Indrachock bazaar in Kathmandu in which an image of Kumara, covered in red garments, looks like a she but when the garments are lifted is a he. He is known by other names such as Skanda and Kartikkeya but is referred to only as Kumara in Nepal. A different version of Kumara in Nhugah in South Kathmandu is mentioned.

The article presents the author's views on dance. The author sees dance as a way to integrate with nature, as a reaction to a stimulus, and as an extra activity. The author discusses topics like the function of dance in societies, dance and music, and dance as a manifestation of an inner energy. Several research papers are referred in the article, on Siva's dance, human body, and science and art.

Focuses on ceremonies that celebrate marriage of gods, Shiva and Meenakshi in India. Description of bridal processions during the ceremonies; Details of a Gopuram at Madura; Acts of penance performed by devotees during the festival.

The article offers information on Basavanna, saint from Manigavalli, Tamil Nadu, India, who was a devotee of Lord Siva and began implementing his social ideas for spreading the message of a new, visionary religious society.

The article offers information on Akka Mahadevi, devotee of Lord Siva, whose vachans are highly personal, poetical, and imaginative expressions of mystical experiences and spiritual in­sights.

The article offers information on the Nalvars in Tamil Nadu, India, from circa 600 to 900, stating that they are devotees of Lord Shiva.

The article profiles several Hindu elders including Sivasri Sadguru Doctor Kandukuri Sivananda Murthy Garu, Sivasri Doctor Attaluri Mrutyumjaya Sharma Garu, Sri Mulugu Hanumanth Rao and Mudigonda Amarnatha Sharma. It discusses the Srouta Saiva philosophy in Hinduism. The article also tackles the beliefs of these elders for Lord Siva.

An interview with artist Sonali Chaudhari is presented. Chaudhari described the depiction of Shiva and Shakti in her art. When asked about her other activities, Chaudhari said that she is a member of the nongovernmental organization Art of Living. Information on her "Parikrama" exhibition, which will be held in Jaipur in March 2012, is also given.

The article presents trivia related to bull riding. The Hindu deity Shiva is said to ride a bull named Nandi. Straws of bull semen are stored in liquid nitrogen at about -350 degrees Fahrenheit. The most senior U.S. Navy ensign on board ship is known as the Bull Ensign. In some wardrooms, the Bull Ensign must don a bull-horned hardhat to social functions.

The article provides information on Gods of the World Returning in 2020 with Shiva. Topics include new culture-bridging Gods of the World Series is a numismatic tribute to Shiva, the great God of Hinduism. Topics include series featuring high relief achieving through the use of Smart minting technology giving the coins a very attractive look; and admiring the intricate ornamentation on Shiva's decorative bands and headdress.

The article discusses the term "Shakti" from various perspective of Hinduism. It is noted that from Agamic perspective, Shakti pervades all of existence as the active power of Siva and from ancient perspective of Saiva Siddhanta, Siva is All, and His divine shakti energy, Shakti, is inseparable from Him. It is stated that within the Shakta tradition, shakti is the Divine Mother of manifest creation, visualized as a female form, and Siva is specifically the Unmanifest Absolute.

The article reports that India's Amarnath yatra, that follows the Pahalgam and Baltal routes, came to an end, stating that people walk to pray at the famous cave shrine of Lord Siva, located in the South Kashmir Himalayas at an altitude of 13,500 feet.

Reports on Cambodia's negotiations with the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the return of a Shiva head allegedly stolen from the site of Angkor and now in the museum's Southeast Asian collection.