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The 64 Maheshwara Murthams

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The holy forms shown by the Formless Supreme Lord siva are the mAheshwara mUrtham.

These are listed as 25 mAheshwara mUratams. It is also a custom to list these forms as 64. These 64 mUrtams of Lord siva are listed here.


Shiva, like some other Hindu deities, is said to have several incarnations, known as Avatars. Although Puranic scriptures contain occasional references to avatars of Shiva, the idea is not universally accepted in Saivism

  • Virabhadra who was born when Shiva grabbed a lock of his matted hair and dashed it to the ground. Virabhadra then destroyed Daksha's yajna (fire sacrifice) and severed his head as per Shiva's instructions.[165]
  • Bhairava, Bhairava (Sanskrit: भैरव, "Terrible" or "Frightful",[1]), sometimes known as Bhairo or Bhairon or Bhairadya or Bheruji (In Rajasthan), is the fierce manifestation of Shiva associated with annihilation.[2] He is one of the most important deities of Rajasthan and Nepal, sacred to Hindus and Buddhists alike.When depicted as Kala Bhairava, Bhairava is shown carrying the decapitated head of Brahma.
  • Veer Teja, He was born on magha shukla 14 samvat 1130 Veer Teja was a great saint. A large number of temples of Veer Teja have been built in entire Rajasthan.
  • Sharabha, Shaiva scriptures narrate that god Shiva assumed the Avatar (incarnation) of Sharabha to tame Narasimha - the fierce man-lion avatar of Vishnu worshipped by Vaishnava sect - into a normal pleasant form representing harmony. This form is popularly known as Sarabeshwara ("Lord Sarabha") or Sharabeshwaramurti. In Buddhism, Sharabha appears in Jataka Tales as a previous birth of the Buddha.
  • Adi Shankara, the 8th-century philosopher of non-dualist Vedanta"Advaita Vedanta", was named "Shankara" after Lord Shiva and is considered by some to have been an incarnation of Shiva.
  • In the Hanuman Chalisa, Hanuman is identified as the eleventh avatar of Shiva.


64 Forms of Lord Shiva

 shivali.ngam
    lingodbhavar
    mukhali.ngam
    sadAshivam
    mahAsadAshivam
    umAmaheshwarar
    sukhAsanamUrti
    umeshamUrti
    somAska.ndhamUrti
    cha.ndrashekaramUrti
    vR^iShArUDhamUrti
    vR^IShA.ndikamUrti
    bhujaNGgalaLitamUrti
    bhujaNGgatrAsamUrti
    sa.ndhiyanR^ittamUrti
    sadAnR^ittamUrti
    chaNDatANDavamUrti
    gaNGgAdharamUrti
    gaNGgAvisarjanamUrti
    tripurAntakamUrti
    kalyANasu.ndaramUrti
    ardanArIshwaramUrti
    gajAsurasaMhAramUrti
    jvarAbhagnamUrti
    shArdhUlaharamUrti
    pAshupatamUrti
    gaNGgALamUrti
    keshavArthamUrti
    bhixATanamUrti
    simhagnamUrti
    chaNdeshwarAnugrahamUrti
    vyAkhyAnadaxiNAmUrti
    yogadaxiNAmUrti
    viNAdharadaxiNAmUrti
    kAlA.ntakamUrti
    kAmAri (kAmadahanamUrti)
    vaguLeshwaramUrti
    bhairavamUrti
    ApatuddAraNamUrti
    vaDukamUrti
    xetrapAlamUrti
    vIrabhadramUrti
    agorAstramUrti
    daxayaGYaharamUrti
    kirAtamUrti
    gurumUrti
    ashvArUDhamUrti
    gajA.ndikamUrti
    jalandharavatamUrti
    ekapAdatrimUrti
    tripAdatrimUrti
    ekapAdamUrti
    gaurivarapradamUrti
    chakradAnaswarUpamUrti
    gaurilIlAsamanvitamUrti
    viShAbhaharaNamUrti
    garuDA.ndikamUrti
    braHmasirachetakamUrti
    kUrmasaMhAramUrti
    matsyAri
    varAhAri
    prArthanAmUrti
    raktabhixApradAnamUrti
    siShyabhAvamUrti
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