Happy Mahasivaratri!
Iraivan Temple celebrated Mahasivaratri for the very first time on March 7th evening into the next morning.
From Dancing with Siva--
"Mahivartri is the night before the new-moon day in February-March. We observe it both as a discipline and a festivity, keeping a strict fast and all-night vigil, meditating, intoning iva's 1,008 names, singing His praise, chanting r Rudram, bathing the ivaliga and being near thevairgsas they strive to realize Paraiva."
We began with singing by devotees, then chanting Sri Rudram, followed by Satguru's upadesha on spiritual unfoldment through the four purusharthas, goals of life. The Pravin Kumar Gurukal performed homa, followed by the first kala abhishekam which ended about midnight.
After midnight, Gurukal continued with three more kala abhishekams, decorating Mahalingesvara sphatikalinga in a different manner each time, ending around 5am.
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March 8th, 2024 at 8:30 pm
Aum Namah Shivaya
March 9th, 2024 at 2:11 am
Very powerful dharshan ! Thank you very much Swamies.
Jai Mahalingeshwara !
Jai Kailasaparampara !
Aum Namah Sivaya 💐🙏🏼🙇🏻
March 9th, 2024 at 5:45 am
Jai Shiva! Such Beautiful Light.
March 9th, 2024 at 2:58 pm
Aum Namasivaya!
Aum! Sri Mahalingeswara Sivan Potri! Potri!
Aum! Maha Sivarathiri!
Aum! SIVAMAYAM, PARAMA SIVAM!
Aum! The HOLY SIVA PUJAS at the IRAIVAN TEMPLE
EVOKES the SPIRITUAL VIBRATION, Globally!
Aum ! Siva,Siva!
Aum! Mikka Nanri.
Aum! Anpudan,
Siva,
(T.Sivayogapathy).
Toronto.
March 9th, 2024 at 5:50 pm
“AUM SIVAYA”!.
March 9th, 2024 at 9:51 pm
So beautiful.
March 10th, 2024 at 1:28 am
Anbe Sivamayam, Satyame Parasivam. Thank you for the post.
March 10th, 2024 at 4:37 am
Om Namo Shakti-Shivaye Namah!!!!
Thank You Satguru
Aum Namah Sivaya
March 10th, 2024 at 2:38 pm
So beautiful. I wish i was there, you guys are the best.
Thank you for everything.