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‘Pongal’ is one of the most popular harvest festivals. It is celebrated in south India, especially in Tamil Nadu. Every year, ‘Pongal’ festival is in mid-January when it marks auspicious beginning of Uttarayan. Sun starts to move towards the north. ‘Pongal’ festival is held for four days. During those days people celebrate drawing of ‘Kolam’, […]
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 and insulted Shiva by not inviting him or Sati. Even though Sati attended the yagna. But Daksha, did not acknowledge her presence or did not offer prasad for Shiva. Sati […]
The Lord Shiva Mantra is also known as the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra. It is considered an extremely powerful mantra by Hindus. Chanting of Mahamrityunjaya Mantra is said to produce divine vibrations that heal, and thus the mantra is also known as the Moksha Mantra of Lord Shiva. It is also believed that the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra evokes […]
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 his violent nature as the destroyer of the universe. Features of Tandava Dance: The characteristics of the Tandava have been known to exist in the fourth chapter of the […]
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 parvati have many different names such as Uma, Gauri, Kali, Durga, Haimvati, Lalita etc. She is two very powerful forms which are the goddess Dura (Goddess beyond […]
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 name of the Lord and perform ceremonial baths on a Shivaratri day. Lord Shiva, being the legend, explains the popularity of the festival of Shivaratri within their devotees. It […]
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 Shivaratri. The Traditional Story: The ruler of Ayodhya, King Sagar once successfully completed the difficult Ashwamedha Yagya ninety nine times. The horse that he sent each time […]
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 eat the Prasad offered to Lord Shiva. There are two different versions of this festival which leads to an all night worship of Lord Shiva. The first […]
Lingodbhava Murthy or the legend of Shiva Linga is highly related to Maha Shivaratri. It reveals the story of the search done by Brahma and Vishnu to search the Aadi (beginning) and the Antha (end) of Shiva. Lingodbhava Murthy thus proved to be the supremacy of Lord Mahadeva above all the other gods and tells […]
This extremely popular Shivaratri legend from Puranas clarifies why individuals stay awake throughout the night on Shivaratri. Additionally, it also explains to us why Lord Shiva is called as Neelakantha. Legend Behind Samudra Manthan: When Indra, the King of Gods, while riding on an elephant went over Durvasa Muni who offered him a special garland […]
