Toshali Sands

Saivism - A Hindu religious sect based on the worship of Siva. The worship of Siva is borrowed from pre-Aryan Indus valley civiHsation. (Rudra Siva concept) Accounts of Magasthenes{300BC)and works of Patanjali (2nd century Nataraja Siva. Kapila Samhita and Ekamra Chandrika deal
with saivism. The sculputural images of Siva are Ekapada Siva, Uma -Mahesvara, Gangadhara, Nataraja and ArdhaNarisvara.