Understanding The Forms of Shiva

6 Forms of Shiva that Every Shiva Devotee Must Know Did you know that all the Gods are known as Devas, but only one God is called Mahadeva? Shiva is the only deity who is the overlord of 3 out of the 9 planets (Sun, Jupiter and Saturn). He is the God of Destruction because transformation takes place when new order replaces the old. There are references to Lord Shiva in the epic Mahabharata where Lord Krishna and Arjun were both ardent devotees of him and in Ramayana where Ravana was a huge follo