This god is associated with the Rigvedic storm god Rudra, and his name contrasts with that god's epithet ghora, meaning terrible.
This god is associated with the Rigvedic storm god Rudra, and his name contrasts with that god's epithet ghora, meaning terrible. The Arhanarisvara is a depiction of this god as half-man and half-woman, and the Harihara merges this god with Vishnu. The deaths of many devas and asuras who churned the oceans in search of Amrita led this god to drink the Halahala poison, turning his throat blue. In some stories he beheaded Ganesh and gave him an elephant head, and this god's second wife was Parvati. He is sometimes depicted dancing in a circle of flames to end the world. For 10 points, name this destroyer god of Hinduism.
This god is associated with the Rigvedic storm god Rudra, and his name contrasts with that god's epithet ghora, meaning terrible.
 Shiva 