what activities we observe in city during shivratri in english
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Shivratri is a festive day, celebrated in India twice a year. On this day people do fasting and worship Lord Shiva to get his blessings. Activities observed during Shivratri are:
1) Decorated and all decked up temples of Lord Shiva.
2) People visiting temples in large numbers to worship Lord Shiva.
3) Various stalls and small swings set up near temples for people to buy something from there.
4) Fair near any big temple related to Lord Shiva which attracts everyone with its beauty.
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Shivratri
Shivratri is a great Hindu festival to celebrate the marriage of Lord Shiva with goddess Parvati. This festival falls in late winter every year. This festival also symbolic of overcoming darkness with enlightenment. The devotees of Shiva organize many activities on this occasion; the activities comprise decorating Shiva temples, chanting prayers, fasting, meditating on virtues like, self-restraint, forgiveness, and chanting of Shiv-Vivaha all night, and holding langars, etc.
Some ardent devotees consecrate themselves to Shiva and take pledge to emulate the ideals preached by Shiva. This festival is a glimpse of rich, Indian, spiritual culture.
