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Maha Shivaratri celebrations
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Followers of Lord Shiva decked up as 'Baraati' during Shiv Barat (Lord Shiva marriage procession) on Maha Shivratri in Allahabad. HT/Sheeraz Rizvi
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Hindu devotees pray during the annual Maha Shivaratri festival at Shivam Kovil in Colombo. Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte
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Artists dressed in ghost attire perform during Lord Shiva barat taken out on Maha Shivratri in Mathura. PTI
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Followers of Lord Shiva decked up as 'Baraati' during Shiv Barat (Lord Shiva marriage procession) on Maha Shivratri in Allahabad. HT/Sheeraz Rizvi
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Followers of Lord Shiva decked up as 'Baraati' during Shiv Barat (Lord Shiva marriage procession) on Maha Shivratri in Allahabad. HT/Sheeraz Rizvi
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Naked Hindu holy men of the Juna Akhara, or sect makea procession during the Maha Shivratri festival in Varanasi. Maha Shivratri or the night of Shiva, is dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva, the god of death and destruction. AP/SK Yadav
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Sri Lankan Hindus receive blessings from a priest holding an oil lamp during the Maha Shivaratri festival at a temple in Colombo. The festival of Maha Shivaratri is marked by Hindus fasting and offering prayers in a night long vigil. AFP/Ishara S Kodikara
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Childern offer prayers to a Shivling at a temple on the occasion of Maha Shivratri in Bikaner. UNI
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Childern offer prayers to a Shivling at a temple on the occasion of Maha Shivratri in Bikaner. UNI
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A Child dressed as Lord Shiva in Pushkar, Rajasthan on the occasion of Maha Shivratri. UNI
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Hindu devotees offer prayers to a Shiva Lingam, a stone sculpture representing the phallus of Hindu god Lord Shiva, on Maha Shivaratri at the Keesaragutta Temple on the outskirts of Hyderabad. AFP/Noah Seelam
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