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Shiva is 'Shakti', Shiva is power, Shiva is the destroyer, one of the most powerful Gods of the Hindu pantheon and one of the godheads in the Hindu Trinity. Known by many names - Mahadeva, Mahayogi, Pashupati, Nataraja, Bhairava, Vishwanath, Bhava, Bhole Nath - Lord Shiva is perhaps one of the most complex of Hindu deities. Hindus recognise this by making thousands of His temples all over the world, down the ages, which can compete only with the temples of Lord Vishnu. He is often referred to be in the form of the middle-aged man, or sometimes even bearded old (middle-aged or old may be the symbol of the worn-out or destruction, or the experienced one with yoga, or knowledge, or the age of an experieced yogi (ascetic). Among his many different forms, Shiva sometimes is also shown naked, for which He is attributed as Digambara (Sanskrit: Dik => sky; ambara = cloth, or one who is clad).