WOrl\HeSrie\ | VSI STUDIOSES Osi. JUIESITTS) D C VIRGIN COMICS < ISP DAMES COUNT ends at eee SRE ERO OT AUULLN Mag PENCILS : VIRGIN STUDIOS SHARAD DEVARAJAN Ror ema Chief Creative Officer NSE Ue had Tze lees ASHWIN CHIKERUR GOTHAM CHOPRA LETTERS : B.S. RAVIKIRAN v Me ue eka u oe EAU Dae en R ean aL 2 ys Ue R ae Naa Lene AEN aM acuae Leute LARRY LIEBERMAN PSOE ee aA) EDITOR: MAHESH int a " oe bj SR NTRS Thy n OM HREEM Gio Om Jo R irector of Development MACKENZIE CADENHEAD. Ce ACen ty 3 DEEPAK CHOPRA 7 SHEKHAR KAPUR, SIR RICHARD BRANSON Arran, a La ial Nv avers, 0 Seay Ne AU NOl DN ceeise CHRISTOPHER LINEN at eden NR Onan CIO Ce Ou INDIA AUTHENTIC ISSUE NUMBER 5 -SHIVA, September 2007 published by VIRGIN COMIC LLC, OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 594 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 (text) The characters included in ths issue, INDIA AUTHENTIC, and the distinctive likenesses thereof are properties of Virgin Comics LLC. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions inthis magazine SESE ee see i eee ae ee eee Printed in Canada. For advertising, licensing and sales info please contact: infoavirgincomics.com or (212}584-4040. www.vigincomics.comAMONGST THE MOST ICONIC GODS OF THE PANTHEON, LORD SHIVA IS ALSO PERHAPS THE MOST REVERED AND RESPECTED DEITY IN INDIA. oath VISAGE CAN BE SEEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, FROM STATUES SITTING ere Lor ele Or NA) AT THE TOP OF THE Nirel tae AMONGST THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAIN RANGES TO THE LOWER SHORES OF THE NATION BY THE BACKWATERS OF IVANDRUM. ’ (Psi THE MYTHS AND LEGENDS SURROUNDING we DIVERSE AND APLENTY. HIS MANY ATTRIBUTES — FROM HIS THIRD EYE, TO HIS BLUE THROAT, TO THE CRESCENT MOON ON HIS FOREHEAD, TO THE TIGER SKIN HE SITS ON, AND THE SERPENTS THAT HANG ON HIM — THEY ALL SIGNIFY SPECIFIC ELEMENTS TO HIS PERSONA, AND EACH IS CONCEIVED IN A MYTH THAT ONLY THE GREATEST OF SEERS COULD. 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