About Shaiva

Shaiva is a religion of India (Hindu) that holds the god Shiva in highest reverence. He is typically portrayed in a benevolent form, as a white or ashen-skinned yogi, with the hair in a topknot and a trident (trishula) stuck in the ground at the side. In his malevolent form, he is known as Bhairava, dark colored, rakshasa-like, fearsome looking and often with many heads and arms.