Within the Hindu Pantheon, Shiva is known to be ‘the destroyer’, or transformer, god of death. Husband to Parvati ( a version of Kali), Shiva is depicted as an aesthetic, he lives as a sage at Mount Kailash. Shiva is also said to be the ‘lord of time’ and one who grants many wishes for his devotees. He is also regarded as the most powerful god in hinduism, as well as being associated with the Rudra in the vedic tradition, god of the storm.
If we look at what destruction really is, we see that it can be seen as the first part of creation. Without the clearing of old structures, new ones cannot be placed.
Within the older vedic texts, Shiva is known as fierce but around 800 bc a great philosopher, named Shankaracharya revealed that shiva not only destroyed, but was also a great benefactor to those effected by his destruction. He reasoned that the energy of shiva was not to be avoided and feared, however embraced and consciously directed for the purpose of change within ones environment.
