Glory to you, O Shiva! Glory to you, O Omkaara! May Brahma,
Vishnu and the assembly of other gods, including the great Lord
Shiva, relieve me of my afflictions! As many know, Hindu God
Shiva comes in many different forms. One such popular form is
that of Shiva as Harihara, an important integration between
Hindu God Shiva and Hindu God Vishnu. The worship of Shiva as
Harihara is an important form as it reiterates to devotees that
worship of Shiva, Vishnu, or any of the prominent Hindu Gods is
but the worship of every prominent Hindu God, one and the same.
When one worships Shiva, one also worships Vishnu, and all the
other important deities collectively in the spirit of divine
oneness. All followers of Hinduism are all looking for one
thing, the divine. When one comes to fully realize this concept,
they understand that we are all worshiping the same inherent
thing, dharma, just from different approaches. Both Vishnavites
and Shaivities worship Harihara as a form of the one supreme
god. There is often much deba