Dushara: Difference between revisions

In Greek times, he was associated with [[Zeus]] because he was the chief of the Nabataean pantheon as well as with [[Dionysus]]. He is also associated with lord [[Shiva]], [[Hindu]] god whose oneis namealso iscalled by the name [[Tushara]], meaning "one who lives on mountain". And, according to [[Hindu]] religion Mt. [[Kailash]] is his abode. Lord [[Shiva]]'s idol form known as [[Shiva Lingam]] is aan oval or sometimes a cubical black stone block. Dushara's sanctuary at [[Petra]] contained a great temple in which acontained large cubical stone wasas theits centrepiece.