Among the many bits of hindu mythology there's one story about the god shiva who roamed the forest naked. legend has it that he once wandered into a community of saints and their wive. to teach him a lesson the jealous men placed a tiger pit on one of the god's paths. one day shiva fell in, there were howls of pain and then shiva came out wearing a tiger skin. impressive. but it's interesting that in some aspects of this ancient faith that a tiger is not worshiped but worn or ridden. swamis would meditate atop tiger skins, but recent generations woke up to the crisis and by large tiger parts a...