Please tell me about hindu god shiva story?

ANSWER TO THE ABOVE QUESTION Lord Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. In sanskrit Shiva means "auspicious, kind, gracious". Lord Shiva appears in a meditating but ever-happy posture. He has a serpent coiled around his neck, a trident (Trishul) in his one hand and ashes all over his body. Shiva-Linga, a sign of the Lord, is adored instead of him. Shiva temples have Shiva-Linga as the main deity. According to the legend, once Brahma and Vishnu, two other deities of the holy Trinity, had an argument as to their supremacy. Just then a colossal 'lingam', known as Jyotirlinga, blanketed in flames, appeared before them. Both Brahma and Vishnu were awestruck by its rapidly increasing size. They forgot their quarrel and decided to determine its size. Vishnu assuming the form of a boar went to the netherworld and Brahma as a swan flew to the skies. But both of them failed to accomplish the self-assumed tasks. Then, Shiva appeared out of the 'lingam' and stated that he was the progenitor of them both and that henceforth he should be worshiped in his phallic form, the 'lingam'.