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Titles

• History Of Maha Shivaratri
• Significance Of Maha Shivaratri
• Rituals Of Maha Shivaratri

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History Of maha shivaratri

• According the most prevalent legend of
  Mahashivratri, 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.
• It was decided that the only one who could 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 Shivas stomach (his stomach represents the
  universe), it would have annihilated the whole
  world.
• Shiva carefully held the poison in his throat
  which turned blue due to the effect of the
  poison, and so he came to be known as Neelkanta.
  Maha Shivaratri is celebrated as a day of
  gratitude to Lord Shiva for protecting the world
  from this deadly poison.

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Significance of Maha shivaratri

• Maha Shivaratri is a great festival in Hinduism,
  celebrated annually with the devotion and
  religious enthusiasm in the honor of the Lord
  Shiva, deities of Hindu Trinity. 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 Maagha or Phalguna to worship Shiva
  Lingam to make happy the Lord Shiva.
• This festival is the big festival during which
  devotees can please the Lord Shiva in order to
  fulfill their desires. It has another great
  significance for the Women. Both married and
  unmarried women keep strict fast for whole day
  and do Shiva Linga Puja with very honesty to
  please the Goddess Parvati or Gauri Mata in order
  to get the marital bliss as well as long, wealthy
  and prosperous married life. At Mahashivaratri,
  the marriage of Lord Shiva with Mata Parvati took
  place in the ancient time, so the Hindu people
  celebrate this festival by performing the same
  ceremony every year. 

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Rituals of maha shivaratri

• At Maha Shivaratri, People keep fast of whole day
  and night and Lord Shiva temple gets congregated
  by the young and old devotees from the very early
  morning.They take bath in the holy water of the
  Ganga early in the morning before sunrise and
  wear a clean cloth after the sacred bath.
  Devotees go to the temple to perform the puja of
  traditional Shivalingam and hope to get what they
  have prayed to the god.
• Every worshiper brings a pot full of holy Ganga
  water to the temple to offer the Shivalingam.
  Women pray to God for her well-being of their
  husbands and sons, an unmarried woman pray to get
  their desired husband .The temple full of sound
  of bells and people shouts of Shankerji ki Jai
  or Mahadevji ki Jai. Devotees take 5 round of
  the Shivalingam and pour water on the
  Shivalingam. Some also pour cow milk on the
  Shivalingam.

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Rituals Of Maha shivaratri

• According to the Shiva Purana, there is a special
  significance of the six essential puja items used
  in the Shiva worship.
• Bathing of Shivalinga with water, milk and honey
  and wood apple or bel leaves added to it,
  represents purification of the soul.
• The vermilion paste applied on the linga after
  the ritual bath represents virtue.
• Offering of fruits symbolizes longevity and
  gratification of desires.
• Burning of incense sticks yields wealth.
• The lighting of the lamp symbolizes attainment of
  knowledge.
• Offering of betel leaves marks satisfaction with
  worldly pleasures.

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Rituals of maha shivaratri

• Worshipers also apply three horizontal lines of
  holy ash on their forehead just like the Lord
  Shiva which represents spiritual knowledge,
  cleanliness and penance. They wear garland made
  up of the Rudraksha (seed of Rudraksha tree)
  while worshiping the Lord Shiva. It is believed
  that Rudraksha tree was originated from the tears
  of Lord Shiva. Shivaratri is also considered as
  the wedding day of the Lord Shiva and Mata
  Parvati.
• It is written in the Shiva Purana that
  doing abhisheka of the Lord Shiva Linga with six
  dravyas such as cow milk, yoghurt, sugar, honey,
  ghee and Gange water while reading Sri Rudram,
  Chamakam and Dasa Shanthi pleases more the Lord
  Shiva. Milk is for the approval of cleanliness
  and faithfulness, yogurt for wealth and
  offspring, honey for sweet tongue, ghee for
  success, sugar for pleasure, and water for
  purity.

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