Maha Shivaratri to be celebrated on March 3
The maha Shivaratri festival will be observed on March 3 this year. According to the Hindu calendar, the festival takes place on the sixth night of dark of Phalgun month.
MAHA SHIVRATRI is one of most celebrated festivals of India, and is dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is celebrated in all parts of the country with a lot of verve and devotion by Hindus. Lord Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and the destroyer or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity and usually worshipped in the abstract form of Shiva Linga. Otherwise, traditional images of the lord represented either in deep meditative pose or as dancing Nataraja are worshipped. Lord Shiva is also depicted with a third eye, with which he burned desires or Kamadeva to ashes. Shaivism is the oldest of the four major sects of Hinduism, the others being Vaishnavism, Shaktism and Smartism. Here is an ABC of Shaivism A: Ash is a sign of Shaivism and devotees of Shiva wear it as a sectarian mark on their foreheads and other parts of their bodies with reverence. B: Beginningless and eternally coexistent are God, souls and world C: Cosmic force and Shiva are one, yet Shiva is beyond His creation D: Doctrine of the plurality of souls is called Shaiva Siddhanta and the soul, created by Shiva, is destined to merge in Him E: Esteemed in Shaivism are the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines in various parts of India along with the Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal
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