MAHASHIVRATRI

                   MAHASHIVRATRI                         " Mahashivratri' means the "great night of lord shiv ", it's a Hindu festival which is celebrated all over India as well as in Nepal in honor  of lord Shiv. Every lunar month there is shivratri, but the main festival is called Maha Shivratri which is celebrated on the 13th night and 14th day of the month of Phalgun according to the Hindu calender. Unlike other festivals of Hindusim its not celebrated  in day, as this night is referred as the night of "overcoming darkness and ignorance.                           There are different significance of celebrating Maha Shivratri, according to some mythlogical legends this the night when Shiva got married to Parvati, another is that when god and demons churned the ocean together to obtain th...