Mahashivratri being celebrated with religious fervour across India

Mahashivratri is being celebrated with devotion and religious fervor across the country today. Since the Mahashivratri is being celebrated on Monday, it becomes even more auspicious for the devotees. 

In Uttar Pradesh, devotees in large numbers are reaching Shiva temples in different parts of the state since early morning. Huge rush of people are expected in Varanasi where people have reached to offer jalabhishek of



holy water and special prayers at Kashi Vishwanath temple. In Ayodhya, devotees are reaching Nageshwarnath temple to offer their prayers after taking holy dip in Saryu River. In Allahabad people in large numbers are taking holy dip at the confluence of Ganga and Yamunaat sangam and offering holy waters to various Shiva temples. The temples have been beautifully decorated with flowers on the occasion of Mahashivratri.