Mahashivratri is a night festival: Ratri means night. The night of Maha Sivarathri is divided into 4 sections each lasting 3 hours. Each 3-hour section is...
Maha Shivaratri Festival
According to Puranas, Parvati Devi was Sati or Dakshayani, daughter of Daksa in her first incarnation and married Shiva. Once, Daksha performed a great yagna...
The Lord Shiva Mantra is also known as the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra. It is considered as extremely powerful mantra by Hindus. Chanting of Mahamrityunjaya Mantra...
Lord Shiva is also known as Nataraj, the Dancing God. He performs the source of the cycle of creation, preservation and dissolution, the Tandava. It depicts...
Goddess parvati is regarded as the power of Lord Shiva and alike Lord Shiva, Goddess parvati also have both the mind and the terrible aspects as well. Goddess...
The legend of Lord Shiva’s assurance explains the popularity of Shivaratri festival amongst the devotees. Besides, it also tells us why we observe fast in the...
Narrated in the Hindu mythological epic of Ramayana, The legend of Ganga, is the explanation of the auspicious custom of bathing Lord Shiva on the day of Maha...
Maha Shivaratri is a festival in which devotees worship Lord Shiva all night. It is a popular custom to fast all night. Only after fasting all night devotees...
Lingodbhava Murthy or the legend of Shiva Linga is highly related to Maha Shivaratri. It reveals the story about the search done by brahma and Vishnu to search...
This extremely popular Shivaratri legend from Puranas clarifies why individuals stay awake throughout the night on Shivaratri. Additionally, it also explains...