This year Maha Shivratri will be celebrate on 1st March 2022. The festival is very popular amongst the devotees of Lord Shiva. Maha Shivratri is observe on the Chaturdashi Tithi of Krishna Paksha.
It is believe that the day marks the union of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati.
The Maha Shivratri puja is perform during Nishita Kaal.
The day is consider extremely lucky.
On this day, devotees of Lord Shiva observe fast and perform puja and Rudraabhishek.
Do’s While Performing the Fast during Maha Shivratri
- You should wake up early in the morning on this auspicious day and clean the house for the Maha Shivratri Puja later on the day.
- The second most important thing to do on this day is to take a bath early morning and wear clean and bright clothes for fast rituals
- You should offer prayers and perform the puja during Nishita Kaal.
- You should perform Rudraabhishek with pure heart, dedication, and devotion.
- Follow a day-long fast with full dedication
- In order to seek Lord Shiva’s blessing for long life, you should offer Durva grass which is said to have ‘Amrit’ to Shivling.
Don’ts While Performing the Fast during Maha Shivratri
- Devotees who are fasting for the day are only allow to consume fruits, milk, and recipes with fast-compliant ingredients.
- While performing the fast rituals one should keep in mind not to do full parikrama of the Shiv Linga
- Devotees should not consume meat, tobacco, and alcohol.
- Do not offer kumkum, turmeric(Haldi), and coconut water to Shiva Ling or idol.
Mahashivratri is celebrate every year on the 14th day of the Krishna Paksha of Falgun month.
Lord Shiva is worship with belpatra, datura, cannabis, white sandalwood, white flowers, seasonal fruits, Ganga water, and cow’s milk.
Some of Bhogs to offer to Lord Shiva during Maha Shivratri
Malpua
According to legend, Lord Shiva loves malpua.
You can make malpua and add a little cannabis powder to it.
This will also enhance the taste of malpua.
Thandai
You can prepare thandai with milk, sugar and cannabis.
You must also add cashews, almonds, pistachios, fennel, poppy seeds, cardamom and saffron to the thandai to make a sumptuous prasad.
Lassi
You can give thandai a twist of cannabis in lassi and offer it to Lord Shiva on Mahashivratri.
Add some milk, sugar and about 1 teaspoon of cannabis powder and mix it well with a churn.
Besides offering it to God, you can also serve it to the guests.
Hemp Pakoras
With sweets, you can also prepare some savouries.
You can prepare hemp dumplings.
All you have to do is add cannabis powder to normal pakoras and offer it to Lord Shiva as a prasad.
Remember not to put onion or garlic in it.
Halwa
It is great if you can offer halwa to Lord Shiva on the day of Mahashivratri.
You can make this pudding with semolina or buckwheat.
Be sure to add dry fruits to it.
Makhana kheer
You can also offer Makhana Kheer to Bholenath.
This simple looking kheer is made by adding lots of dry fruits.
Roasted makhana is use instead of rice in Makhana kheer.
You can also use saffron and cardamom powder to enhance its taste.
