Meditating Shiva

Shiva is "The Auspicious One". He is the creator as well as the destroyer. He creates goodness and destroys evil. Shiva is the greatest of renouncers as well as the ideal lover. He destroys evil and protects the good. He bestows prosperity on worshipers although he is austere. He is omnipresent and resides in everyone as pure consciousness.

The snake is curled three times around the neck of the Lord and is looking towards His Left side. The three coils of the snake symbolize the past, present and future time in cycles.

The bull associated with Shiva is His vehicle. The bull symbolizes both power and ignorance. Lord Shiva's use of the bull as a vehicle conveys the idea that He removes ignorance and bestows power of wisdom to His devotees. This Idol is kept on East wall facing West.