Happy Maha Shivratri-2014

The chairman of the institute Dr.M.A. Zahir greeted the students of the institute on the ocassion of Maha Shivratri

Paramjit singh(Assistant-Professor) briefed that Maha Shivratri is a Hindu festival celebrated every year in reverence of Lord Shiva. It marks the convergence of Shiva and Shakti. Maha Shivratri is celebrated on the Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi of Hindu calendar month Maagha which falls in February or March as per the Gregorian calendar.

The festival is principally celebrated by offerings of Bael or golden apple or Bilva/Vilvam leaves to Lord Shiva, all-day fasting and an all-night-long vigil (jagarana). All through the day, devotees chant “Om Namah Shivaya”, a sacred Panchakshara mantra dedicated to Lord Shiva. In accordance with scriptural and discipleship traditions, penances are performed in order to gain boons in the practice of Yoga and meditation, in order to reach life’s highest good steadily and swiftly.