This figure asked a divine architect to build him and his wife a palace of gold, but ended up giving it away during a housewarming ceremony for the palace itself. This figure gave a buffalo to protect his son Chattan, or Vishnumaya, fathered with a girl he thought was Koolivaka. This deity gave one of his devotees the sword Chandrahas. A hymn calle
This figure asked a divine architect to build him and his wife a palace of gold, but ended up giving it away during a housewarming ceremony for the palace itself. This figure gave a buffalo to protect his son Chattan, or Vishnumaya, fathered with a girl he thought was Koolivaka. This deity gave one of his devotees the sword Chandrahas. A hymn called this deity's Tandava Stotram was dedicated to him by that devotee, the (*) demon Ravana, who was crushed by this god's home Mount Kailash after he had insulted this deity's bull Nandi. This god cut off the head of a son of his, and gave that son an elephant head as a replacement. This father of Ganesh is represented by a lingam, has a third eye, and is married to the goddess Parvati. For 10 points, name this Hindu destroyer deity, the third member of the Trimurti in addition to Brahma and Vishnu.
This figure asked a divine architect to build him and his wife a palace of gold, but ended up giving it away during a housewarming ceremony for the palace itself.
Shiva