The family of Lord Shiva is among his wife Mata Parvati, son Ganesh and Kartikeya, besides daughter Ashok Sundari. Apart from this, Mansa, Jyoti, Jaya, Venhar, Bibbari, Dev, and Dotali are also considered their daughter. Asavari Devi was the sister of Shiva. Apart from this, sons named Sukesh, Jalandhar, Ayyappa, Bhuma, Khuja and Andhak are also described. Ganesh ji’s 2 wives whose names are Riddhi and Siddhi. Ganesh ji has two sons auspicious and benefits and satisfaction and confirmation are wives of his sons. Ganesh ji’s grandchildren are named Aamod and Pramod. The name of Ganesha’s daughter is Mata Santoshi. All this is part of his family. Apart from this, he also has many ganas including Vasuki Nag, Nandi, Virbhadra. Shivji is God of both Dev and Asura. The noun of their ganas is countless.
Sapt Rishi: Shiva first gave his knowledge to Sapta Rishis and Mother Parvati. The Sapt Rishis took knowledge from Shiva and spread them in different directions and propagated Shaivism, Yoga and Knowledge in every corner of the earth. These seven sages did not leave any person who has not taught knowledge of Shiva Karma, tradition etc. Today all religions will get a glimpse of this. Shiva had started the Guru and disciple tradition, due to which the same tradition is still being maintained among all the saints like Nath, Shaiva, Shakta etc. Adi Guru Shankaracharya and Guru Gorakhnath further carried forward this tradition. Due to the disciples of Shiva, different religions have been established in the world.
Everyone’s own separate sect: Apart from this, Mata Parvati, Ganesh, Karthikeya and their ganas in Shiva’s family have also waved the flag of their religion all over the world. Shaiva, Shakta, Kapalik, Tantrik, Nath, Digambar, Ganpatya, Bairagi, sadness etc. are directly related to Shiva directly directly to Shiva. Due to Ganeshji and Karthikeya, many sects in South India were stalled and Mother Parvati expanded the Shakta sect and its branches in eastern India. Karthikeya also propagated Shaivism outside India.
Buddhism and Shiva: Professor worshiper, an internationally renowned scholar of Buddhist literature, believes that Shankar was born as Buddha. He also presented some arguments in this regard- Referring to the 27 Buddha men described in the scriptures, he said that the three names of Buddha are very ancient- Tannakar, Shankar and Meghankar.
Shiva in foreign culture: Similarly, Lord Shiva also clearly influenced the culture and religion of West. The imprint of Shiva in Mushrik, Yazidi, Sabine, Subi, Abrahami religions can be clearly seen. A disciple of Shiva went to the west and laid the foundation of Shiva’s religion, in due course of which the name and form changed. Shiva’s son Kartikeya is also considered to be the origin of many religions, in which Yajidi religion of Arabia is prominent. Shiva son Kartikeya is also worshiped on islands like South India and Indonesia, Bali etc.
Shiva in Jainism: The description of Vrishabhdev is found in the Rigveda, which is called Rishabhnath, the first Tirthankara of Jains. They are also called Adinath and Shiva has also been called Adinath. It is believed that after Shiva, originally a tradition started from him which later became a devotee in Shaiva, Siddha, Nath, Digambar and Sufi sects. Nevertheless, it is a matter of research.
Shiva is the founder of tribal religion: Shiva tradition is mentioned in the scriptures of Shaiva, Shaktas. Chandravanshi, Suryavanshi, Agnivanshi and Nagvanshi of India are also considered from the tradition of Shiva. Shiva is the deity of India’s protection and tribal caste. Shaivism is the religion of all the tribals of the world.
Shiva in ancient civilization: Shiva has been worshiped since ancient times but also in many other countries of India. Many evidences of this have been found from time to time. Such remains have also been found in the excavation of Harappa and Mohenjodaro which offer evidence of Shiva worship. In other civilizations of the world, evidence of worshiping Shiva and Shivling has been found.
