Women pray to be blessed with a good husband and a happy married life. On this day, in various temples fairs and cultural programmes are organised. It is also believed that those people who perform puja, fast, and offer prayers to Lord Shiva blessed with good luck. May all the difficulties in your life be banished by Lord Shiva. Happy Maha Shivratri! May the divine glory remind you of your capabilities and help you in attaining success.
May the blessings of Lord Shiva always stay with you and your family. This Maha Shivratri, may Lord Shiva destroy all your sorrow and eliminate all the troubles to help you lead a happy and healthy life.
May Lord Shiva bless you with good health, happiness, and prosperity. May Lord Shiva guide you and your family all your life! May you be showered with Lord Shiva's choicest blessings on the auspicious day of Maha Shivratri.
A day when positivity wins over negativity. May Lord Shiva gives power and strength to everyone facing difficulties.
May happiness and peace surround you and your loved ones. So, now you may have to know about the history behind celebrating the auspicious festival Maha Shivratri and its significance. Important Days and Dates of March Other important offerings that are mandatorily used for the 'Abhishek' are Datura flower and fruit.
Besides the celebration of the marriage of Shiva and Shakti, unmarried women pray and observe fasts on the day to wish for a partner as compassionate as Lord Shiva. Throwing light on the time of the year when the festival is celebrated, the priest said, "The festival of Maha Shivaratri is celebrated on the Chaturdashi of the Krishna Paksha of Phalgun month according to Panchang Hindu calendar. Nifty 18, Zomato Ltd. Market Watch. ET NOW.
Brand Solutions. Video series featuring innovators. ET Financial Inclusion Summit. Malaria Mukt Bharat. Here is a list of what to do on Mahashivratri:. Fasting detoxifies the body and curtails the restlessness of the mind. A mind that is not restless slips into meditation easily. Therefore, fasting on Mahashivratri serves to detoxify the body and aid meditation. It is recommended to fast with fruits or foods that are easily digestible.
Learn more about Mahashivratri fasting guidelines. The position of the constellations on the night of Mahashivratri is considered very auspicious for meditation. So, it is advisable for people to keep awake and meditate on Shivaratri. In ancient times, people used to say, 'If you cannot meditate every day, do so for at least one day in a year - on Shivratri day - keep awake and do meditation'.
It involves singing special Vedic mantras accompanied by certain rituals. Rudra Puja brings positivity and purity to the environment and transforms negative emotions. Participating in the Puja and listening to the chants helps the mind slip into meditation effortlessly. The Shivalinga is a symbolic representation of the formless Shiva. These three aspects affect your mind and actions. Surrendering the three to the Divine brings peace and freedom. Mahashivratri is very significant for people who are on the spiritual path.
It is also very significant for people who are in family situations, and also for the ambitious in the world. Those with worldly ambitions see that day as the day Shiva conquered all his enemies. But, for the ascetics, it is the day he became one with Mount Kailash. He became like a mountain — absolutely still. In the yogic tradition, Shiva is not worshipped as a God, but considered as the Adi Guru, the first Guru from whom the science of Yoga originated. After many millennia in meditation, one day he became absolutely still.
That day is Mahashivratri. All movement in him stopped and he became utterly still, so ascetics see Mahashivratri as the night of stillness. Legends apart, why this day and night are held with such importance in the yogic traditions is because of the possibilities it presents to a spiritual seeker.
Modern science has gone through many phases and arrived at a point today where they are out to prove to you that everything that you know as life, everything that you know as matter and existence, everything that you know as the cosmos and galaxies, is just one energy which manifests itself in millions of ways. This scientific fact is an experiential reality in every yogi. All longing to know the unbounded, all longing to know the oneness in the existence is yoga.
The night of Mahashivratri offers a person an opportunity to experience this. Shivratri, is the darkest day of the month. Celebrating Shivratri on a monthly basis, and the particular day, Mahashivratri, almost seems like celebration of darkness.
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