Why Shiv Ji is blue?

The poison was so deadly that whatever came into its contact soon perished. Finally, lord Brahma and Vishnu prayed to lord Shiva to come to their rescue. Since lord Shiva is known to be extremely powerful, he drank the deadly poison which soon started spreading throughout his body turning it into blue.
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Is Lord Shiva blue or white?

No. Shiva is snow white in color. SHIVA means the untouched and auspicious one.
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Is Lord Shiva blue or black?

The correct color to personify Shiva is spotless pure white. Shiva is the personification of Suddha Satva Guna in a guise of Tamo Guna.
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Does Shiva have blue skin?

You may have also noticed that Shiva's skin is an interesting color: blue. However, according to my sources, Shiva is actually meant to have very pale skin, and is often sculpted from white clay or stone. Despite this, he is often depicted as having the blue skin you see above.
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What is the actual Colour of Lord Shiva?

Lord Shiva is described as 'White as camphor or snow clad mountain. ' Lord Krishna is said to be of the color of a 'Dark cloud.
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Why is Lord Shiva black?

No. Shiva is snow white in color. SHIVA means the untouched and auspicious one. Untouched and purity has always been linked to White color, and Shiva being white can also be linked with the snow clad Himalayas.
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Why is Lord Vishnu blue?

Lord Vishnu resides on the blue cosmic ocean. He rests on the five-headed serpent names sheshnag. He is believed to be the all-pervading, omniscient, omnipresent god. So, Lord Vishnu is shown in blue color as he is infinite and immeasurable like the sky and surrounded by the infinite cosmic ocean.
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Why Shiv Ji neck is blue?

His wife, the goddess Parvati, was alarmed, as she gripped her husband's neck with both hands in order to stop the poison, thus earning him the name Viṣakaṇṭha (the one who held poison in his (Shiva's) throat). He was later saved by the mahavidya Tara, a form of Parvati. The poison turned his throat blue like bruise.
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Why is Krishna's skin blue?

The legends tell us that Lord Krishna had drunk poisoned milk given by a demon when he was a baby and that had caused the bluish tinge in his skin.
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Was Krishna blue or black?

Even when we look at ancient paintings, Lord Krishna is depicted in blue. In fact Lord Krishna was not blue but bluish black in color.
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Who is blue Shiva?

But, before it could inflict severe damage, Shiva scooped it up in his hand and swallowed it. His consort, Parvati, was quick to grasp Shiva's neck tightly to prevent the poison from going down his throat. As a result, Shiva got a blue patch on his neck, earning him the name Neela-kanta.
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Why is Lord Shiva white?

Shiva is usually depicted as white, from the ashes of corpses that are smeared on his body, with a blue neck, from holding poison in his throat.
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What is Shiva's favorite color?

Originally Answered: What is Lord Shiva's favorite color? For puja purposes, “White”.
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Why does Shiva wear tiger skin?

Since then, Shiva wears the tiger skin, which symbolically shows that he is all powerful. Legends also say that Lord Shiva sitting on a slain tiger skin symbolises the victory of the divine force over animal instincts.
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What Lord Shiva dislikes?

Haldi (Turmeric) and Kumkum

Though Haldi and Kumkum are offered to every god, it should never be offered to Lord Shiva. Haldi is used as an ingredient to enhance beauty and Shiva is said to be a saint who stays away from worldly pleasures.
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What was skin colour of Rama?

As Balaram He is white, as Rama He is green, as Mahaprabhu He is golden, and in some other yuga He is red.
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Are Indian gods black?

A larger number of Indians criticised Subramanya's intervention, pointing out that Hindu gods are black, blue, yellow, red, white, and pink. "Goddess Kali, Krishna, Shiva, Ram and so many other gods are never light skinned! In fact in southern India so many goddesses like Mariyamma, Chamundeshwari etc.
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What language did Krishna speak?

Sanskrit was the language spoken by him.
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Did Shiva drink alcohol?

In the hindu scriptures, Shiva is described to be someone who enjoys his meat and his alcohol. He is smeared with ashes from the dead and is considered the destroyer while Vishnu is the creator.
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Why Shiv Ji has snake?

One school of thought believes that the snake represents the endless cycle of birth and death. And if one wishes to rid themselves from the vicious circle, then they must surrender to him with devotion and devoid of Ahamkara. The coiled snake around Shiva's neck also reminds devotees to keep their ego under control.
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Which poison did Shiva drink?

It so happened that while pulling out the nectar of immortality, the process of churning the ocean also released a poison of sorts called “Halahala” that could wipe out the whole of creation.
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Why are Indian gods blue?

The majority of Hindu gods' avatars are likewise shown in blue. Blue is the colour of endless possibilities. Every Hindu god is a human mind's effort to give shape to the formless Brahman (God). Blue represents an infinite and all-pervading reality — formless Brahman.
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Is Vishnu and Narayan same?

Narayana (Sanskrit: नारायण, IAST: Nārāyaṇa) is one of the forms and names of Lord Vishnu, who is in yogic slumber under the celestial waters, referring to the masculine principle.
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Why did Lord Vishnu sleeps on snake?

Lord Vishnu restores the world at the right time when the world has seen much of the sin. Seshanaag is the symbol of 'Anant' means infinite. Lord Vishnu guides the time to be favorable on human kind. That's why he is seen lying on a serpent bed.
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Was Lord Shiva muscular?

Thus, from being a well-built muscular god, he becomes an old and poor dwarf with disheveled hair.
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