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Maha Shivratri: Significance, Benefits and Interesting facts
The festival of Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival which is being celebrated every year in the honor of the God Shiva. The Holy occasion of Shivaratri is going to be celebrated on 13th and 14th Feb in 2018. Hindus from all over the world are ready to celebrate this holy festival, some interesting facts about Maha Shivaratri. The meaning of Maha Shivaratri means "the Great Night of Shiva". Maha Shivratri is a major festival for Hindus and this festival marks a presence to overcome on the darkness of life and the world. On this occasion, we worship Lord Shiva (Mahadev) and we do chanting, fasting, doing Yoga, and meditation. The devotees of Shiva keep awake all night to celebrate it.
Today, I am going to tell you some benefits and meaning of Maha Shivaratri. So, stick to this piece of the blog and take a look at it:-
§ Benefits:-
1. Worshipping Lord Shiva will purify your soul.
2. If you attend this festival, you will be blessed with a long and satisfactory life.
3. Worshipping Lord Shiva will assure a protection of your family from diseases.
4. Practicing this festival will lead you to provide financial stability with a successful career.
5. We believe that Lord Shiva is the destroyer of all the evils and negativity from life.
6. This festival has the power to fulfill all the wishes of the devotees, who will perform this puja with their true dedication.
§ Important facts:-
1. Lord Mahadev married Goddess Parvati on this auspicious day which we celebrated as Maha Shivaratri.
2. Maha Shivaratri is falling this year on 13th Feb as well as 14th Feb.
3. We believed that Maha Shivaratri is the favorite night of Lord Shiva.
4. It is being said that Lord Shiva this night performed the Tandava dance.
5. The devotees of Lord Mahadev stay up all night to give the company to Shiva because Lord Shiva didn’t sleep whole night after drinking the ocean poison after Samudra Manthan.
6. The Mantra ‘Om Namah Shivaya’ is being chanted by the devotees of the Lord Shiva the whole night taking along with his different names.
7. MahaShivaratri is being celebrated by the millions of people in many countries across the world and not just only in India. The devotees go to worship the Lord Shiva temples on this special night of Maha Shivratri.
HAPPY MAHA SHIVRATRI.....
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