No disrespect to any other god, but Shiva's an outsider god. He breaks the rules. He's a brilliant musician, a brilliant dancer; he treats his wife as an equal, and she opposes him many times, but he obsessively loves her.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In Hinduism, Shiva is a deity who represents transformation. Through destruction and restoration, Shiva reminds us that endings are beginnings, and that our world is constantly undergoing a cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
The youth in India tend to be rebellious, as with everywhere else, and that makes Shiva exciting. He has the rebellious qualities that the youths like.
The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods.
Shiva danced the world into existence... that's a very nice thought.
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
For if the honour paid to Him is shared by others, He altogether ceases to be worshipped, since His religion requires us to believe that He is the one and only God.
Creating music is a wonderful way to celebrate our devotion for Lord Shiva.
Too fair to worship, too divine to love.
The famous saying 'God is love', it is generally assumed, means that God is like our immediate emotional indulgence, not that the meaning of love ought to have something of the 'otherness' and terror of God.
God is no respecter of persons or causes.