Mahashivratri 2019 will be celebrated across the country between March 4 and 5. While the festival is popularly celebrated as the wedding anniversary of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, there is much more significance to this festival. On this holy day to worship Lord Shiva, be meditative and seek his divine guidance. In Kashmir Shaivism, the festival is called Har-ratri or Herath. On this holy day, devotees worship Lord Shiva and seek his divine guidance. While Shivratri falls on the 14th day of each month of the lunar calendar, Mahashivratri is celebrated only once a year before the arrival of summer. While there, he smoked marijuana which grows wild in the forests.Mahashivratri, also known as the ‘Great night of Lord Shiva,’ is a Hindu festival observed by devotees from Kashmir to Kanyakumari with much fervour. It is believed that after Shiva’s consort died, he came to the forests near the temple, smeared with ash, wearing a serpent and draped in a tiger skin. Although marijuana is illegal in Nepal, it is permitted for religious rituals during the festival. It is not unusual to see yogis or sadhus sitting naked, covered with ash or smoking marijuana during the festival. Some of the finest musicians and singers come to Nepal to sing praises of Shiva. In the morning, sacred texts are recited until noon when people begin singing sacred songs. People swim in the sacred Bagmati River, carrying water in cupped palms to offer it to the stone stele which is the symbol of Lord Shiva. The official celebration begins at midnight with priests offering items to Lord Shiva in the temple.
Many spend the night around the temple, lighting sacred fires, singing praises to Lord Shiva and keeping vigil to welcome his descent to Earth. There are all night vigils and prayers representing Shiva’s ability to overcome darkness and ignorance. Unlike most Hindu festivals which take place during the day, Maha Shivaratri is celebrated at night. The day of the holiday there is a military parade to honour Lord Shiva as well. In the days before the holiday, people fill the roads around the temple and there are vendors selling red tika powder or sacred beads. The temple is open only to Hindus with several shrines and pavilions where yogis and priests chant or meditate. Legend has it that Lord Shiva roamed as a deer in the forests in the area.
The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva in the form of Pashupati, Lord of the Animals. Thousands of visitors come to the Pashupatinath Temple to celebrate Maha Shivaratri and the Shiva Shakti Peetham nearby. Instead, it caused his throat to “burn blue.” The day is a public holiday in Nepal with offices, schools and businesses closed to honour Shiva. In order to protect the citizens, Shiva drank the poison, but it did not kill him. Legend has it that a poison came out of the ocean during Samundra Manthan.
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