Mahasivaratri at Pashupatinath
335. Mahasivaratri at Pashupatinath
Photo By: DreamSky
Posted Date: 24th February
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Mahashivaratri, the great night of Lord Shiva, is celebrated every year on the eve of the moonless night in the month of Falgun. Thousands of Hindu devotees are observed at Pasupatinath on this night. Activities of Sadhus and widely available Bhang on this night have been another major reason for many, specially youngsters, to visit Pasupatinath.
There are several versions of beliefs related to the celebration of this auspicious night. It is believed that Lord Shiva was married to Parvati on this day and performed the ‘Tandava’. Some people believe this was the night when Lord Shiva ‘created himself’ by his divine grace and others believe that this night was the choice of Shiva as the favorite night when asked by Parvati.
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February 25th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Daami!!
February 25th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
This is a great looking night picture.
Good exposure.
I’ll bet this ia a really interesting area.
February 25th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
This is Awesome yaar!!! Perfect lights, perfect capture. Just a regret, why didn’t i join you to Pashupati on that day
February 26th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Awesome
February 26th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Adbhut!! Adutiya!!
February 26th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Nice capture…missed the place and festival this time..!!
March 1st, 2009 at 10:55 pm
According to Hindu mythology Maha shivratri is the night when Lord Shiva himself was created by his own divine grace. And have heard about this version from many learned people in Hiduism.
A compilation by me about Mahashivratri from Nepali\’s perspective , can be found @
http://roshanupadhyay.blogspot.com/2009/02/maha-shivaratri-great-night-of-lord_23.html
March 4th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
I also want to take photos @ night. This one is also quite good.
Nice shot @DreamSky
March 4th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Dami shot!
March 4th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
My sincere thanks to all of you for your candid comments
Dear Mr Sensible, thanks for the response. If religious significance behind Shivaratri that you have mentioned truly have strong evidence, we need to clean the clutter floating around the internet.
For the second para of the description, following were the sources. Ironically none of them writes about the ‘created himself’ story.
wikipedia.org
mahashivratri.org
shaivam.org
dlshq.org
March 5th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Sorry DreamSky, have no strong evidences. Its that I personally have found these evidence in the form of “word of mouth” from my Late Granfather (maternal), who had a strong hold in Vedas, and Manuscripts related to Hinduism.
I don’t think we can have a perfect answer for this.
May be “Shiva Bhagwan” if following our converstation, can clear this out..hehe
March 5th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
There is one good thing about photography, it is that is can be enjoyed by everyone, even s/he knows no tricks and trade of photography.
DreamSky Have you thought of owning a Digital SLR? If not think again, I am sure you will discover more.
March 5th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
DreamSky has a brand new Canon 40D….
March 5th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
How much it costs…?? An idea about the price will help someone plan for a worthy saving…
September 19th, 2011 at 9:52 am
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