III] Shiv Shankar



"Om namah shivaya"

The Third Eye represents disdain for desire;the indifference for things that are desirable as well as things that are undesirable.

Lord Shiva is commonly known as the destroyer of evil.

SOME GANESH TRIVIA:
Ganapati appears for the first time in the Rig Veda where Brahmanaspati is given the title of Ganapati," The Lord of Ganas",'gananam tva ganapatim havamahe'.

Indian Scholars maintain, on the basis of mantras in the Rig Veda,Krishna Yajur Veda and Taittiriya Aranyaka,that in the Vedas Ganesha was known as Brahmanaspati.

2. TARUNA GANAPATI

The Taruna Ganapati is a youthful representation of Lord Ganesha and is eight-armed. His hands hold a modaka, wood apple, rose apple,His broken tusk, a sprig of paddy and a sugar cane stalk.He is red in colour, symbolising the youth.