Nilakanta (Hinduism)

Nilakanta (Sanskrit: नीलकण्ठ, romanized: Nīlakaṇṭha, lit.

'blue throat') is one of the epithets of the Hindu deity Shiva.

[1] According to Hindu mythology, Shiva gained this epithet when he consumed the kalakuta (poison) that emerged from Samudra Manthana, which rendered his throat blue.

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