Shiva (/ Ë Ê i v É /; Sanskrit: à¤¶à¤¿à¤µ, IAST: Åiva, lit. the auspicious one) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being within Shaivism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism. Shiva is the destroyer of evil and the transformer within the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity that includes Brahma and Vishnu.
Fiesta beads are strings of colored glass or plastic beads typically worn as necklaces during Mardi Gras or other celebrations. They are usually simply referred to as beads during festivities.
Beads. A bead is a small, decorative object that is formed in a variety of shapes and sizes of a material such as stone, bone, shell, glass, plastic, wood or pearl and that a small hole is drilled for threading or stringing.Beads range in size from under 1 millimetre (0.039 in) to over 1 centimetre (0.39 in) in diameter.n many parts of the world, beads are used for symbolic purposes, for example: 1  use for prayer or devotion-e.g. rosary beads for Roman Catholics, misbaha for Muslims. 2  use for anti-tension devices, e.g. worry beads. 3  use as currency e.g. 4  use for gaming e.g. owari beads for mankala. 5  Greek komboloi beads as in Crete.