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| | Shiva |
 | | He is well known to the people of India and countries that practice Hinduism. |
 | | : Gaea (mother, alias Ammavaru), Vishnu, Brahma (brothers), Himavat (father-in-law), Menaka (mother-in-law), Parvati (wife), Kali (daughter/wife), Ganehsa, Skanda (sons), Dharma, Kama (nephews), Padma, Vach (nieces), Lakshmi, Sarasvati (sisters-in-law), |
 | | Very little is known about his origins, but according to Dravidian myth, he was conceived from an egg given birth by Gaea in her role as Ammavaru, the Dravidian goddess of the earth. |
| www.angelfire.com /planet/mythguide/shiva.html (1977 words) |
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