Today ‘Mahashivratri’ is celebrated with religious fervor and gaiety across India – a day on which departed souls of our forefathers, near and dear ones are believed to be visiting us from heaven. This annual Hindu festival is widely celebrated across the nation and is celebrated along the banks of rivers especially sacred rivers, believers throng Shiv temples and offer obeisance to the departed ones for their blessings in abundance and also for their eternal peace.
In North India on the banks of river Ganga, especially at Varanasi and in Kerala along the Banks of Periyar river, Bharata puzha et al, thousands throng to offer obeisance to their departed forefathers and kith and kin after taking holy dip in rivers. Mahashivaratri day is believed to be a divine day by the Hindu devotees. The devotees are obliged to spend sleepless nights chanting ‘Om Namasivayya’ invoking the name of God Shiva before offering obeisance to the departed souls.
This annual ritual is being traditionally celebrated with gaiety and religious fervour since time immemorial across India.
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