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Saivam, or Saivism as called by the English educated, considers Shiva as its primary God. Truly speaking, although Saivism is considered as a part of Hinduism, it is a religion by itself. It can be put on equal footing with other major religions of the world based on the number of adherents, literature, beliefs, practices, philosophy and sub sects that are peculiar to this ancient tradition. In the history of mankind perhaps there is no other divinity who has been revered for so long, in so many forms and in so many diverse cultures as Siva. Variously called as Shiva, Saivam as practiced today can be divided into three sectarian religions [1].
The Siddhanta Saivam is prevailing not only in South India, but also in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore and other countries where Tamils are living. The philosophy of this religion is Saiva Siddhanta.
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WikiProject Saivism
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This WikiProject aims primarily to promote better coordination, content distribution and cross-referncing between pages dealing with Shaivism and its sects, texts, terms, philosophies and eventually bring articles up to Featured article status.
[edit] Parent WikiProjects
[edit] Participants
- Shivasevagan
- Śaiva Sujīt
- Badbilltucker
- Kingrom (mostly on Hindi wikipedia)
- — Arjun
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[edit] Links to external resources
- Pāli Text Society Dictionary (Commonly and delightfully abbreviated "PTSD", or more commonly "PED")
- Online interface to itrans. Choose "roman" for your language, and "html" for your output.
- For Windows users who deal in devanagari and/or romanization on a regular basis, Itranslator could prove to be useful.
[edit] WP Saivism notice
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