The prejudices and faction among the worshippers of the Narayana form of God and Shiva form is meaningless, because, both represent the One Ultimate Universal. They are distinguishable, it may be said, by the different Divine equipments they carry: Sankha (conch) and Chakra (discus) in the case of Narayana and Damaru(small drum) and Trisula (the three- pronged spear – trident) in the case of Shiva. But, the conch and drum both symbolise God’s accessibility through audible praise and song; discus and trident symbolise God being the maker and master of time, discus, representing the wheel of time and the three prongs of the Trident the past, the present and the future. Narayana is referred to as Hari and Shiva Hara; both these names are derived from the same root, Hari, to destroy, to remove, to captivate, to attract – functions which God has clothed Himself with. (SSS Vol. 6, p. 169)