Maha Shivaratri: The night of Shiva

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[{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1582648406159","data":" Maha Shivaratri is one of the most important festival of Hindu. The literal meaning of shivaratri is \"The Great Night of Lord Shiva\". According to the Hindu calendar, it is celebrated in the Varanasi in the dark fortnight or Krishna Paksha at the 13th night or 14th day of the month Maatha or Phalguna (month of february or march according to the english calendar) to worship the Shivalingam to make happy the Lord Shiva.<\/p>According to most prevalent legend of Maha Shivaratri, during the great mythical churning of the ocean- Samudra Manthan conducted by the gods and demons for obtaining nectar to make them immortal, first a pot of poison emerged. The poison was so potent that nobody was ready to even touch it as it had the power to burn up the whole world. <\/p>It was decided that the only one who would help them get rid of this poison was lord shiva. So they all went to him for help, and shiva promptly agreed to consume the poison. However, the poison was so deadly that even if a drop had entered lord Shiva's stomach (his stomach represents the universe), it would have annihilated the whole world.<\/p>Shiva carefully held the poison in his throat which turned blue due to the effect of the poison, and so he came to known as Neelkanth. Maha Shivaratri is celebrated as a day of gratitude to lord shiva for protecting the world from this deadly poison.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1582648406160","data":"5e55528f278e2"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1582648406161","data":"At Maha Shivaratri, many people observe a fast on this day. At the evening they consume fruits. Many devotees stay up all night, while some others visit shiv temples. Kashi Vishwanath temple gets congregated by the young and old devotees from the very early morning. They come to the temple to perform the puja of traditional Shivalingam and hope to get what they have prayed to the god. They take bath in the holy water of the Ganga (symbol of the purity) early in the morning before sunrise and wear a clean clothes after the sacred bath.<\/p>Every worshiper brings a pot full of holy Ganga water to the temple to offer the Shivalingam and pour water on the Shivalingam. Some also pour cow milk on the Shivalingam. Worshipers also apply three horizontal lines of holy ash on their forehead just like the lord shiva which represent spiritual knowledge, cleanliness and penance. They wear garland made up of Rudraksha (seeds of Rudraksha tree) while worshiping the lord shiva. It is believed that Rudraksha tree was originated from tears of lord shiva.<\/p>Shivaratri is also considered as the wedding day of the Lord Shiva and Mata Parvati.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1582648406162","data":"5e555799cff93"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1582648406163","data":"5e5557a465c78"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1582648406164","data":"5e5557b531853"}]

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