5. Shiva treats his wife, Parvati with love, respect and equality. He makes Parvati sit beside him and not near his feet. He is also known as ‘ardhanarishwar’ which is the androgynous form of him.
6. Shiva’s temperament makes him more relatable to humans. He is known for his anger, and his third eye opens when he is extremely furious. Due to his third eye, he is also known as ‘trinetra’.
7. God is always considered to be the creator of the world and the universe, but Shiva is the Lord of destruction.
8. Unlike other Gods who are depicted as draping themselves in expensive and bright colored clothes, Shiva wears animal skin, and covers his body with ‘bhasma’ or ash which represents the end of human life.
9. Shiva was approached by other Gods for the protection of the universe during the Samudra Manthan. He then, drank the poison, seeing this Parvati pressed her hand to his throat to prevent him from dying.
This poison remained in his neck and made it blue. This is the reason why he is also known as ‘Neelkanth’ which means ‘the blue throated one’.
10. Shiva is a brave God who not only drinks poison, but also wears a dangerous cobra around his neck. This shows that he is beyond death.
11. Shiva truly loved his wife and was faithful to her. When Sati committed suicide by immolating herself, Shiva was extremely sad and retired to a cave and began meditating.
When Kama, the god of love struck him with an arrow, He opened his third eye and burnt him. Parvati was the reincarnation of Sati.