Possible Clues:

• Period of mourning (Var.)
• Hindu deity opposed to being among Muslims
• Cohort of Brahma and Vishnu
• Through Ganesh, I vanquished his father
• Part of the Hindu trinity (Var.)
• Hindu god who rides a bull named Nandi
• Part of a Hindu trinity
• Hindu god - she sounds like Virginia
• Deity worshiped as the Destroyer
• The Destroyer (Var.)