Mahashivratri- The Night of Stillness!!

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Mahashivratri- The Night of Stillness!!

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• Winters over and the return of Mahashivratri
  every year marks the beginning of Spring where in
  places like Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and,
  other parts of Southern India, this festival is
  celebrated with great zeal.
• With Mahashivratri returning, the celebrations
  are marked with fervor and fidelity the joy of
  which can be seen in every devotees faces as
  when they start planning for it well in advance.
• In places like Srikalahasti, Srisailam, Chennai,
  and Coimbatore, Mahashivratri can be seen in a
  different angle with temples decorated,
  enthusiastic pilgrims chanting holy verses and
  offering a mixture (that is a blend of milk,
  water, and honey) to Shiva Linga.
• This festival indeed drags millions of devotees
  to Shivas abodes.

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• Lord Shiva is considered as one of the most
  potent deities in the Hindu culture and is
  recognized as an Adi Guru or First Guru from whom
  the mega Yogic tradition had originated.
• People say that it was the night when Lord Shiva
  became still from dedicated medication and hence
  this night is also called as the night of
  stillness.
• There is a Shivaratri in every lunisolar month of
  the Hindu calendar that falls on the 13th night
  or 14th morning but the one that comes once a
  year before spring is considered to be
  Mahashivratri which literally translates to the
  The Great Night of Shiva.
• It is a sacred festival where millions of
  devotees of Lord Shiva get indulged in the
  night-long prayers to celebrate the grace of the
  Lord.

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• It is a belief of one that any person who
  performs the prayer with care and devotion on
  this auspicious day is absolved of sins and
  attains moksha.
• Mahashivratri has an incredible significance not
  only in the Hindu mythology a festival that
  signifies the defeat of darkness and ignorance,
  but also in the natural upsurge of energy in the
  human system due to the changes in the planetary
  positions.
• From fasting to meditating to chanting prayers,
  this day is dedicated to the Lords values on
  morals and merits such as self-restraint,
  honesty, and forgiveness.

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• Mahashivratri, by itself, holds several myths.
• According to some folklore, Shivratri is
  celebrated as the day when Shiva saved the world
  by drinking the pot of poison that emerged from
  the ocean Samudra Manthan, whereas some celebrate
  the day as when Shiva punished Brahma and Vishnu
  by taking the form of a massive fire that spread
  across the length of the universe when they got
  into a major tiff about their supremacy, but for
  ascetics, it is this day when Shiva became one
  with Mount Kailash.
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