Hara Hara Mahadeva

Hara Hara Mahadeva (Sanskrit: हर हर महादेव, romanized: hara hara mahādēva) is a Sanskrit invocation in praise of the Hindu deity Shiva.

Quotes

 * Shiva also continues Indra’s role of warrior-god. Till today, many Shiva sadhus are proficient in the martial arts. ‘The Shaiva war-cry Hara Hara Mabadeva is still used by some regiments of the Indian army. It is a very effective battlefield mantra instilling fear in the enemies of Hinduism, as was clear from the secularists’ demand to cut out the Hara Hara Mahadeva sequences from the Chanakya TV-serial (broadcast in truncated version on Door-darshan in 1992).
 * Indigenous Indians, Elst K., 1993:41


 * In the Chanakya TV-serial, broadcast in truncated version on Doordarshan in 1992, the Hara Hara Mahadev sequences were censored out for fear that they might arouse communal passions.
 * Elst, Koenraad (1999). Update on the Aryan invasion debate New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan.