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Subject: Re: om nama sivaaya - maha shiva raathri
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--- In agathiyar@y..., "L. Suresh Kumar-LSK" wrote:
> Brahma as creator, Vishnu as saviour, Shiva as destroyer
> - how "recent" is this "recent interpretation" ?
> - what do scriptures and ancient religious works, literature say on
this ?
>

It's well known and recorded by experts that
Saiva bhakti starts in Tamil. And early Tamil saiva
literature does not say that Shiva is part of trinity.