Shiva Parvathi - namma manedevaru

Veena, I guess the exaplination provided holds good for any other country too.

Only thing is in India, every one person has his own individual God, but others has very lill or no choice at all!!

...and their youngest son is my best friend ever since I was a kid ;)

Dukh main sumiran sabh kare,
Sukh main kare na koi,
Jo sukh main sumiran kare,
Tho dukh kaheko hoye.
- Kabir das

(it simply means most of us remember him when are sad, not otherwise, if we remember him always then we will never be sad)