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Maha Shivratri

Maha Shivratri is a Hindu festival celebrated every year in reverence of Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva is also called Neelkanta or Padmarajarathri. Shivratri is one of the major festivals of Nepal. This day is dedicated to the Lord of the Lords – Lord Shiva or Mahadev who lived in Mt. Kailash in the Himalayas. Hindus all over the world know him through different names and forms. The country has thousands of idols and monuments, which glorify his name, the most common one being the Shiva Linga or the phallus of Shiva that represents him. For it is the Shiva linga that Hindus regard as the symbol of creation, the beginning of everything. Lord Shiva is the most worshipped God in the Hindu religion. More than 125,000 of Hindu devotees from India and Southeast Asia throng weeks ahead of the festival and gather in and around Pashupatinath temple – one of the holiest shrines of the Hindus in Kathmandu to pay their homage to Lord Shiva on his birthday.

Hindu Women pray for the well-being of their husbands and sons. An unmarried woman prays for a husband like Shiva, who is considered to be the ideal husband. The temple reverberates with the sound of bells and shouts of "Jai Shiva Shankar Bhole BaBa ko Jay" meaning 'Hail Shiva'. Devotees circumambulate the linga, three or seven times, and then pour water ,Milk and Ghi over it.

Maha Shivaratri is celebrated widely in the temples all over Nepal. Shiva is considered the Adi (first) Guru from whom the yogic tradition originates. According to tradition, the planetary positions on this night are such that there is a powerful natural upsurge of energy in the human system. It is said to be beneficial for one's physical and spiritual well-being to stay awake and aware throughout the night.On this day, artists from various fields such as music and dance perform the whole night.

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