The Worshippers of Lord Shiva

Here is what the bogus prabhus of Iskcon say about the worshippers of Lord Shiva.

“They are alcoholics.
They are unhygienic.
They behave like savages.
The puranas clearly states that only Asuras worship Shiva.
They can never succeed in life. They are usually unfortunate and tramps.
They have no artistic sense.
They are violent and don’t have good manners.
They are sex maniacs.”

Let’s talk about some popular Shiva devotees.

Lord Parashurama - Parasuram is the sixth Avatar of Lord Vishnu in the form of a human. His main weapon is an axe. ‘Parashu’ means axe and ‘Parasuram’ means ‘Ram with an axe’. Unlike Vishnu’s previous Avatars, Parasuram was born to kill humans instead of Asuras. This was essential because of the growing pride and egoism in Kshatriya (Warrior Race) would have proven deadly to the future of mankind.It is believed that he reclaimed the southern part of the Indian peninsula from the sea by throwing his axe.Parasuram is one of the seven immortals and is believed to be still living today. He is a martial saint. He is so powerful that he defeated a whole army of soldiers just by using his axe.

Parashurama is so much an avid devotee of Lord Shiva that once he scolded SriRam(the seventh Avatar of Lord Vishnu) because he broke Shaivachapa(Shiva’s bow) to marry Sita. Lord Parashurama is believed to be still living today and that he is going to train Kalki, the final Avatar of Lord Vishnu.

Does anyone want to label the features the iskcon prabhus claimed to Vishnu’s 5^th Avatar- Lord Parashurama?

Swami Shankaracharya- He is the compiler of Vedanta. Some people even consider him to be an Avatar of Shiva. He is supposed to be lived in Kalady in Kerala during 8th Century CE. During those days, most of the people were converted to Buddhism both voluntarily and forcibly by King Asoka. People started to misunderstand the views of Hinduism under the words of Buddha. However, Sri Sankaracharya and his philosophies of Advaita made the philosophies of Buddha look stupid. People began converting back to Hinduism after understanding the true meaning of it.

Shankaracharya travelled all around India spreading this philosophy. During his visit in the Himalayas, he composed the famous ‘Nirvana Shatakam’.

Shankaracharya is considered to be one of the greatest sages of all time. The Ramakrishna School, Swami Vivekananda and other sects of Hinduism, Jains and some Buddhists reflect Sri Shankaracharya’s works to be eminent. Unlike Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Shankaracharya didn’t establish a cult or distort any of the Vedic philosophies.

King Rajaraja Chola – He is one of the greatest emperors in India. He ruled the Chola empire of South India during 10th Century CE. He even expanded his empire outside India to South-East Asia and Maldives. At the time of his rule, his empire was the richest. People lived with no fear and their economy was boundless.
King Rajaraja was known for his construction of temples.  World’s first granite building was constructed by Rajaraja – the temple of Tanjore, where people worship upon the ShivaLinga 12 feet in height and 5feet in diameter. They were all Shiva temples and most of them had murals in it.  His idea of art is incomparable. The paintings and sculptures during his period are stunning examples. His expansion even went to the South East Asia where they built the AngkorWat temple in Cambodia.

Rajaraja the Great and his successors (also Shiva devotees) moved more stones than the Pyramids of Giza and his artists had created some of the most stunning treasures the world have ever seen. The Srirangam temple is so huge that its walls can hold upto 200 Taj Mahals. The Shiva temples built by Rajaraja arose to unprecedented height and glory.

Rajaraja Chola is a passionate worshipper of Lord Shiva. There are paintings found in the Tanjore temple depicting him worshiping Shiva.

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I just pointed out three and there are obviously many more. Shiva devotees are undefeatable and they find success in their ventures. They are more reactive.
Either they have graceful artistic skills or great physical strength.

Why do the iskcon prabhus degenerate Shiva devotees?
To grab more devotees for themselves. By labelling such onto the worshippers of Shiva, people who are new to Hinduism make sure they don’t follow that path.
These distorting elements of iskcon are corrupt and perverted. Their sense of God is Abrahamic or Western. There are instances in the BhagavataPurana itself that SriKrishna (the supreme God of the iskCON) worshiped Lord Shiva.