[b]When is Maha Shivratri in 2005 or 2005 Maha Shivratri[/b]? [b]Maha Shivratri 2005[/b] is on [b]March 8[/b]. [b]Maha Shivratri [/b] is Celebrated by Hindus all over India, Shivratri is a solemn festival devoted to the worship of the most powerful deities of the Hindu pantheon, Shiva. It is purely religious festival at which Shiva temples as at Chidambaram, Kalahasi, Khajuraho and Varanasi. [b]MahaShivratri[/b] occurs on the 14th night of the new moon during the dark half of the month of Phalguna. This is the night when he is said to have performed the Tandava or the dance of primordial creation, preservation and destruction.
Worship of Shiva is to release the worshipper from the cycle of birth and rebirth. Devotees of Shiva fast during the day and maintain a long vigil during the night. In temples all across the country, bells ring, sacred texts are chanted and traditional offerings of leaves and milk are made to the Shiv lingam, the phallic symbol of the god. There is a legend behind Shiva's phallic form.
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