Film
folk
celebrated
Mahashivratri
on
Wednesday
by
visiting
temples
and
performing
pooja,
and
posting
pictures
online.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Aahana
Kumra/Instagram
Aahana
Kumra visits
the
Trimbakeshwar
Jyotirlinga
temple
in
Nashik
to
seek
blessings.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Nimrat
Kaur/Instagram
Nimrat
Kaur is
there
too,
and
says,
‘कण-कण
में
शिव,
तन
मन
में
शिव…’
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Raghav
Chadha/Instagram
Parineeti
Chopra gets
ready
for
new
beginnings,
and
starts
by
saying
a
prayer
at
the
Kashinath
Mandir
in
Varanasi
with
Raghav
Chadha.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Soha
Ali
Khan/Instagram
Soha
Ali
Khan
takes
part
in
a
pooja
in
her
home
with
Kunal
Kemmu
and
his
parents,
Jyoti
and
Ravi
Kemmu
and
sister,
Karishma.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Shilpa
Shetty/Instagram
Shilpa
Shetty performs
a
pooja
at
home.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Patralekhaa/Instagram
Patralekhaa
offers
prayers.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Manasi
Parekh/Instagram
‘#Mahashivratri
..
a
night
to
keep
the
spine
erect
and
be
absolutely
aware
in
the
moment.
A
night
of
introspection
and
meditation..
at
our
happy
place
with
#adiyogi
@isha.foundation,’
writes
Manasi
Parekh
sharing
a
memory
from
Coimbatore.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Mouni
Roy/Instagram
Mouni
Roy shares
her
state
from
mind
from
Coimbatore
too.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Divya
Khossla/Instagram
‘May
Shiv
Baba
bless
you
all,’
blesses
Divya
Khossla.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Shehnaaz
Gill/Instagram
Shehnaaz
Gill
visits
the
Trimbakeshwar
Shiva
temple
in
Nashik.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Shriya
Pilgaonkar/Instagram
Shriya
Pilgaonkar and
her
mother
Supriya
Pilgaonkar
visit
a
temple.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Bhagyashree/Instagram
Bhagyashree
visits
the
Brahma
Kumaris
Ashram
and
writes,
‘Har
har
mahadev
!
A
beautiful
Shivling
of
15ft
made
with
4000coconut
shells,
within
1
day
by
the
brahmakumaris.
Its
serene,
peaceful
and
knowledge
invoking.
The
strengths
that
embody
Shankara,
the
9
devis
that
stand
for
9
human
virtues,
to
the
sleeping
kumbhakarn
to
a
puppet
show
for
water
conservation..
it
is
an
interesting
place
for
children.
Not
only
is
this
a
spiritual
experience
but
also
a
huge
contribution
to
easing
the
stress
from
today’s
life
style.
They
have
included
a
free
cancer
detection
camp,
a
rehabilitation
and
medication
camp
to
overcone
alcoholism,
drug
abuse
n
smoking.’
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Ronit
Roy/Instagram
Ronit
Roy
and
his
wife
Neelam
perform
pooja
at
home.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Neil
Nitin
Mukesh/Instagram
Neil
Nitin
Mukesh with
his
father
Nitin
Mukesh.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Lara
Dutta/Instagram
Lara
Dutta
writes
from
Nepal:
‘I
have
always
wanted
to
spend
one
Mahashivratri
at
one
of
the
sacred
Shiva
Kshetras
and
today
that
wish
was
fulfilled
at
Pashupatinath
temple,
Nepal.
Blessed
and
grateful
for
the
calling
and
the
opportunity,
and
thankful
for
the
small
army
of
people
that
made
this
possible
for
me.
Jai
Bholenath!!!!’
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Suniel
Shetty/Instagram
Suniel
Shetty
shares
a
picture
from
his
new
film, Kesari
Veer,
and
writes,
‘Surrender
to
Shiva
And
everything
else
surrenders
to
you
ॐ
उमामहेश्वराभ्यां
नम:’
Kesari
Veer
is
scheduled
to
release
on
March
14.
Photographs
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff.com
