Maha Shivratri being celebrated across country

Maha Shivaratri which means the Great Night of Shiva is being celebrated today. It is a festival celebrated annually in honour of lord Shiva.There is a Shivaratri in every luni-solar month of the Hindu calendar, on the month's 13th night and 14th day, but once a year in late winter February or March, or Phalguna and before the arrival of



spring marks Maha Shivaratri

It marks a remembrance of overcoming darkness and ignorance in life and the world. It is observed by remembering Shiva and chanting prayers, fasting, doing Yoga and meditating on ethics and virtues such as self-restraint, honesty, noninjury to others, forgiveness and the discovery of Shiva.