Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study)
by Arpita Chakraborty | 2013 | 33,902 words
This page relates ‘Shiva Worship in many Countries’ of the study on the Shaiva Upanishads in English, comparing them with other texts dealing with the Shiva cult (besides the Agamas and Puranas). The Upaniṣads are ancient philosophical and theological treatises. Out of the 108 Upanishads mentioned in the Muktikopanishad, 15 are classified as Saiva-Upanisads.
4. Śiva Worship in many Countries
[Note: Cf. Temple and its Significance, 203-205]
The very ancient origin of the worship of Śiva and its prevalence in many countries of the world have been established by eminent research scholars on the strength of the relics of various kinds connected with Śiva and the construction of temples found in the West, North, and South America, Mexico, West indies, West Africa, Egypt and Arabia and in the East, Java, Sumatra, Indonesia and Australia. A place is called Śiva Temple which is on the hill near the river Colarado in North America, 10,000 years old according to research scholars. A town in Crete in the Mediterranean Sea once inhabited by the ancient “Minavar” people was called Śiva.[1]