Siva is non-other than Adi bhagwan . Adi bhagwan is first thirthankar of dravidian religion. This religon is later known as jainism and today it is followed mostly by converted aryans. aborginal followers of jainism have been converted to dalits during bhakti movement, this is historical and proven fact vouched by most of non-brahmins historians across the globe, however missing from indian text books.