Why Shankar Is Blue?

Why did Shiva's neck turn blue? As we all noise, a poison turns the body blue. Therefore, since Lord Shiva consumed the Halahala and held it there without letting it go into his body, his neck turned blue. Hence, he is known as Neelkantha (the one with a blue neck).

Why did Lord Shiva turn blue?

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. ... After knowing this, Goddess Parvati entered Shiva's throat in the form of a Mahavidya and controlled the spread of the poison.

Is Shiva blue or 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. His wears a crescent moon and the Ganges River as decorations in his hair and a garland of skulls and a serpent around his neck.

Alexander Ross

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