SHIVA

Shiva is a part of the ‘Trimurti’ - the trinity of supreme divinity in Hinduism, in which the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction are

personified as a triad of deities :

Brahma - the creator, Vishnu - the preserver , Shiva - the destroyer.

He is the destroyer of evil and sins, of the forces of darkness.

With him, he carries a Trishul - which represents the three aspects of consciousness - waking, dreaming and sleeping and the three gunas- satva, rajas and tamas.

Shiva with his Trishul, destroys all kinds of suffering.