Maha Shivratri Festival Celebration
Maha Shivratri is a Hindu festival celebrated every year in reverence of Lord Shiva. This festival is celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day of the Maagha month of the Hindu calendar.Maha Shivratri Festival is Celebrated grand celebration of different patr f india and different temples in India.On this day devotees wake up early, take a bath, wear fresh clothes and visit the nearest Shiva temple to give the ritual bath to the Shiva Lingum.continuous prayers are done throughout the day and night of Mahashivaratri. Devotees offer prayers and also observe a fast throughout the day. Jaagrans (nightlong devotions) are also observed in temples where large numbers of devotees sing devotional songs in praise of Lord Shiva. Devotees break their fast in the morning by having the 'prasad' offered to Lord Shiva after the prayers the night before.
Maha Shivratri Festival is Celebrated all over India, but its mejor important is celebreation in great Indian Shiva Temples like a 12 Jyotilinga Temples,and other temples.In the bigger and more popular Shiva temples there is massive rush of
devotees. Long queues can be noticed as devotees, mostly women, wait for
their turn to perform puja. Since, bathing of Shiva Linga with milk is
part of the Shivaratri Puja tradition; little rivers are formed due to
the excessively overflowing milk and fruit in the Shiva temples on this
day.Here is Some Information about Lord Shiva temples celebrating Maha Shivratri Festival.
Maha Shivratri is a Hindu festival celebrated every year in reverence of Lord Shiva. This festival is celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day of the Maagha month of the Hindu calendar.Maha Shivratri Festival is Celebrated grand celebration of different patr f india and different temples in India.On this day devotees wake up early, take a bath, wear fresh clothes and visit the nearest Shiva temple to give the ritual bath to the Shiva Lingum.continuous prayers are done throughout the day and night of Mahashivaratri. Devotees offer prayers and also observe a fast throughout the day. Jaagrans (nightlong devotions) are also observed in temples where large numbers of devotees sing devotional songs in praise of Lord Shiva. Devotees break their fast in the morning by having the 'prasad' offered to Lord Shiva after the prayers the night before.
Maha Shivratri Celebration Different Shiva Temples
Maha Shivratri Festival is Celebrated all over India, but its mejor important is celebreation in great Indian Shiva Temples like a 12 Jyotilinga Temples,and other temples.In the bigger and more popular Shiva temples there is massive rush of
devotees. Long queues can be noticed as devotees, mostly women, wait for
their turn to perform puja. Since, bathing of Shiva Linga with milk is
part of the Shivaratri Puja tradition; little rivers are formed due to
the excessively overflowing milk and fruit in the Shiva temples on this
day.Here is Some Information about Lord Shiva temples celebrating Maha Shivratri Festival.- In Ujjain in the famous temple of Mahakaleshwar Shiva's Llngum is worshipped with the performance of all the religious rites and rituals.
- In Gujarat Somnath Jyotilinga Temple people fast on this day and visit temples of Lord Shlva. They offer milk and water to the Shiva Linga. In the evenlng Lotus flowers made of Desl Ghee are decorated around the Shiva Linga.
- In Andhra Pradesh, the Sri Kalahasteshwara Temple at Kalahastl and the Bhramaramba Malikarjunaswamy Temple at Srlsailam are thronged by pilgrims during the festival.
- In Assam, the Umananda Temple at Peacock Island and the Sukreswar Temple on the banks of the river Brahmaputra become the hub of activity on this auspicious day. In Sibsagar, the capital of the erstwhile Ahom kings, hundreds of devotees from all over the state throng the Shiva Dol to offer prayers.
- In Sibsagar, the capital of the erstwhile Ahom kings, hundreds of devotees from all over the state throng the Shlva Dol to offer prayers.
- In Orissa Puri Shivaratri celebration at Lokanath Temple,is also quite popular. According to a legend popular in Orissa, long ago, Puri was a centre of Shiva worship. The story goes, Lord Ramachandra himself installed the Lingam in the Lokanath Temple. This lingam is kept submerged, in a vat of water. It can only be seen on Pankodhar Ekadasi, before Shivaratri, when the water is removed from the vat. On that day, thousands of devotees come for a darshan.
- Maha Shivaratri is celebrated in Varanasi a grand manner Uttar Pradesh Mahashivaratri in Varanasi sees more than a million Hindus from all over India come to the famous Shiva temple and preform rituals; many of them stay on fast.
- In West Bengal Shivratri has become almost a folk festival. Young unmarried girls observe day-long fast, keep awake the whole night, sing devotional songs and pray to Lord Shiva to give them good and virtuous husbands.
- In Karnataka the Lingayats, the followers of the Lingayat cult of lord Shiva, observe this occasion with immense devotion and enthusiasm In Maharashtra on the occasion of Shivaratri all the temples of lord Shiva resound with Vedic mantras and shlokas. People observe a fast, keep awake at night and distribute alms, food and sweets amongst the poor.
- In Maharashtra on this day of Shivratri every temple of Lord Shiv resounds with Vedic mantras and shlokas. These are recited during the Lord Shiva's "Abhishekh" which is the ritual bath given to the Shiva-Lingum. Fasting is observed, night vigil is kept, alms, food and sweets are distributed amongst the poor.
