“कालाय तस्मै नमः” — Salutations to Him who is Time itself. Time spares no one — kings, gods, and galaxies all bow before it. Every second brings birth, decay, and disappearance. Yet in the heart of ...

Most gods sit on thrones. Shiva sits on a tiger skin, under open skies. Most gods are adorned in gold. Shiva wears ash from the cremation ground. In a pantheon filled with gods of order, law, and ...