Vishnu, the god who is also called Kamalnayani, meaning ‘the one with lotus-shaped eyes’, sacrificed his eye to complete a thousand petals. Shiva immediately woke up from his tapasya and ...

with a mischievous twinkle in his eye, blowing the conch shell as though it was his plaything. Quickly assessing the situation as one beyond his control, Lord Vishnu approached Ganesha’s father ...

The opening of his third eye is not an act of war but of dissolution, removing the source of chaos entirely. Unlike Vishnu, who works within the system, Shiva obliterates the root of evil ...