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Maha Shivaratri is a national holiday in Nepal and celebrated widely in temples all over the country, especially in the Pashupatinath temple. Thousands of devotees visit the famous Shiva Shakti Peetham nearby as well. Holy rituals are performed all over the nation.
These images that combine the masculine and feminine energies, Shiva and Parvati, [65] yield a vision of reconciliation, interdependence, and harmony between the way of the ascetic and that of a householder. [66] The couple is often depicted in the Puranas as engaged in "dalliance" or seated on Mount Kailash debating concepts in Hindu theology.
Maha Shivaratri is a major Hindu festival, but one that is solemn and theologically marks a remembrance of "overcoming darkness and ignorance" in life and the world, [345] and meditation about the polarities of existence, of Shiva and a devotion to humankind. [343]
The earliest Ardhanarishvara images are dated to the Kushan period, starting from the first century CE. Its iconography evolved and was perfected in the Gupta era. The Puranas and various iconographic treatises write about the mythology and iconography of Ardhanarishvara. Ardhanarishvara remains a popular iconographic form found in most Shiva ...
Vadakkunnathan Temple. The Vadakkumnathan Temple is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in Thrissur, in the Thrissur district of Kerala, India. The temple is a classical example of the architectural style of Kerala and has one monumental tower on each of the four sides in addition to a koothambalam.
The term "Astakam" is derived from the Sanskrit word aṣṭan, meaning "eight". An astakam is made up of eight stanzas. In Rudrashtakam, each stanza is written in Jagati meter, and hence contains 48 syllables per stanza. Each line is written in the Bhujangaprayāt chhand, containing four groups of light-heavy-heavy syllables (।ऽऽ ...
English: Mahashivratri is the festival celebrated by devotees for Lord Shiva the most powerful Hindu God. the night celebrated as the marriage of Shiva and parvathi the Hindu goddess . Lord Shiva gave blessing to the devotees who are wake up all the night and sings songs of Shiva in the temple.
Symbolising the deity's different visible forms, the only difference between these images is the order of the emblems held by his four hands. [5] All of the forms wear the kiritamukuta, the crown of Vishnu, and the traditional ornaments of the deity. They stand upon the base of a lotus (padmasana).