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🚩An imp thread🧵 regarding #HoliFestival

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💫 Clear confusion regarding date & timings of #HolikaDahan '23

🌉 #Holi Jagran Importance

🪅Harmful effects of #Chemical Colors

🎋How to make Alternative #Homemade #Organic Colors

🔮#VedicHoli with ♻️#Palash
Date & Timing of every #Hindu festival is considered according to the Panchang which is a detailed calculation & study of stars, constellations and planetary positions.

Hence this year #HolikaDahan will occur on 2 days based on the timings of sunset.
There are 4 Maharatris in Sanatan Dharma which bestow maximum spiritual benefits to the spritual aspirant who makes the most of this auspicious time.

#Mahashivratri, #Holi, Shri Krishna #Janmashtami & #Deepawali. The sadhana performed during these pious hours acts as catalyst.
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I witnessed the outrage against #Sadhguru's take on #MahaShivratri and this is what I feel is going wrong.
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1. Hindus need to realise the difference between Abrahamic faiths and Sanatan, and find out the reason for the decline of Sanatan. It all comes down to Sanatan's failure to propagate.
2. While Islam propagated using force and later victim hood, Christianity used force and greed to proselyte massively. Sanatan on the other hand played by ideals and watched itself being gobbled up by the base human needs.
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Kanappa one of the 64 Nayanars, regarded as one of Shiva's greatest devotees ever. In the Sri Kaalahasti temple, the Mahashivratri festivites begin by worshipping at his shrine. A story of true devotion and faith. ImageImage
Sri Kalahasti is one of the Panchabhuta Kshetras where Shiva is worshipped as Vayu Lingeswara, the others being Tiruvannamalai(Fire), Chidambaram(Space), Kanchi(Earth) and Jambukeswara(Water).
It gets it's name from the story that Shiva was worshipped here by a spider(Sri), snake(Kala) and elephant(Hasti). The spider used to weave webs around the Shiva Linga here.
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Shiva, the Lord of Yoga

Shiva, if we look deeply, is the Supreme Deity of the Rigveda and its four main light forms as Agni, Soma, Surya and Indra (Vidyut).

#Mahashivratri
Har Har Mahadev, #StoryOfLordShiva
This statement may seem unusual, if not absurd, for those used to thinking that Vedas and Agamas are different or that Shiva is not a Vedic deity, because his name and form is not much present there.

#Mahashivratri
Har Har Mahadev, #StoryOfLordShiva
The problem is that such views only look superficially at the names and forms not to the inner content and energy of the Vedas.

#Mahashivratri
Har Har Mahadev, #StoryOfLordShiva
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झारखंड के पलामू में हिन्दुओं को #Mahashivratri मनाने से रोका गया। मुस्लिम भीड़ ने श्रद्धालुओं के खिलाफ हिंसा की।

#Jharkhand पुलिस पर एकतरफा कार्रवाई के आरोप हैं। #Mahashivratri2023 पर इंटरनेट रोक दिया गया।

इस पूरे मामले को क्रमवार समझें ऑपइंडिया की इन 8 रिपोर्ट्स से:
1. पूजा की तैयारी कर रहे श्रद्धालुओं पर पत्थरबाजी की गई। इसी के साथ कुछ वाहनों में आगजनी हुई। हालत सँभालने के लिए भारी पुलिस बल की तैनाती करनी पड़ी। इलाके में धारा-144 लागू कर दी गई। मौजूद मुस्लिम पक्ष के लोगों ने इस द्वार को बनाने का विरोध किया।

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2. “जिस चौक पर ये बवाल हुआ, वहाँ एक बड़ी मस्जिद है। इसे जामा मस्जिद नाम से जाना जाता है। जब मुस्लिमों का कोई छोटे-से-छोटा कार्यक्रम होता है तो पूरी जगह घेर ली जाती है, लेकिन हिन्दुओं की महाशिवरात्रि में वो एक छोटा सा तोरण द्वार नहीं सह पाए।”

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On the auspicious occasion of #Mahashivratri thread on some prominent Shaiva Kshetras of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, the erstwhile Trilinga Desa.
What does one say of a region and its language that takes its name from a belief that Shiva descended on the three mountains there? The ancient name of both the Telugu states is Trilinga Desa, meaning “The Land of Three Lingas”.
It is believed that the Telugu language too gets its name from this. Folklore says that Shiva descended in the form of three Lingas located at Kaleswaram in Telangana, Srisailam in Rayalaseema and Draksharamam in coastal Andhra, which made up the Trilinga Desa.
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Wishing you all an auspicious #Mahashivratri , on this auspicious occasion sharing the story of one of Shiva's greatest devotees ever, Kanappa, whose story is associated with the Sri Kalahasti temple in Andhra Pradesh. ImageImage
Sri Kalahasti is one of the Panchabhuta Kshetras where Shiva is worshipped as Vayu Lingeswara, the others being Tiruvannamalai(Fire), Chidambaram(Space), Kanchi(Earth) and Jambukeswara(Water).
It gets it's name from the story that Shiva was worshipped here by a spider(Sri), snake(Kala) and elephant(Hasti). The spider used to weave webs around the Shiva Linga here.
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महाशिवरात्रि की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं।

Why is #Mahashivratri known as Hairat/Herat in Kashmir? Kashmiri Hindus had a tradition of carving Linga with snow on Shivaratri.

Jabbar Khan,Afghan governor,banned Shivaratri & ordered Hindus to celebrate festival in snow-less Ashadha(July)
That year, it miraculously snowed in Ashadha and Shivaratri was celebrated. Everybody was shocked (Hairat=shock in Persian) and festival was celebrated. Kashmiris have a saying "Wuchton yih Jabbar, jandah, Haras tih karun wandah"- look at Jabbar wretch, he turned Hara into snow"
Incidentally, Jabbar was the last Afghan governor of Kashmir. Within 8 years of this incident, a general of Maharaja Ranjit Singh named Misr Diwan Chand (who himself was an ardent Shiva devotee) invaded Kashmir & Afghan rule came to an end. Afghans were expelled from Kashmir.
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Story from Purana

Once Goddess Parvati asked Bhagwan Shiva the same thing. Why Rudra Bhoomi? Bhagwan Shiva gave an emotional answer.

#महाशिवरात्रि
#हर_हर_महादेव
#Mahashivratri
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"As we know I am the great destructive force of this universe (Laya) and when people die, they go to Rudra Bhoomi.

#महाशिवरात्रि
#हर_हर_महादेव
#Mahashivratri
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12 Jyotirlinga Temples across India that Every Hindu must visit once in a lifetime...

1. Shree Kedarnath Mahadev Mandir, Uttarakhand.
2. Kashi Vishwanath Mandir, Uttar Pradesh.
3. Shree Somnath Jyotirling Temple, Gujarat.
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Mahashivaratri greetings to all. When does it begin and when should we do the puja?
प्रथम पहर पूजा समय: 18 फरवरी, शाम 06 बजकर 41 मिनट से रात 09 बजकर 47 मिनट तक

द्वितीय पहर पूजा समय : रात 09 बजकर 47 मिनट से रात 12 बजकर 53 मिनट तक

#महाशिवरात्रि
#Mahashivratri, Shiva Image
Maha Shiv Ratri is the day that is so auspicious that even pouring little water on Shivling can give one Moksha on the same day. It is more auspicious than all other pious festivals of all religions.
#महाशिवरात्रि
#Mahashivratri, Shiva Image
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🌺।।भगवान शिव के अतुल्य सुंदर रूप की कथा।।🌺

एक बार गणेशजी ने भगवान शिवजी से कहा, "पिताजी! आप यह चिताभस्म लगाकर, मुण्डमाला धारणकर अच्छे नहीं लगते। मेरी माता गौरी अपूर्व सुंदरी और आप उनके साथ इस भयंकर रूप में!..

#Mahashivratri
..पिताजी! आप एक बार कृपा करके अपने सुंदर रूप में माता के सम्मुख आएं जिससे हम आपका असली स्वरूप देख सकें"।

( भगवान शिवजी मुस्कुराये और गणेशजी की बात मान ली।)

कुछ समय बाद जब शिवजी स्नान करके लौटे तो उनके शरीर पर भस्म नहीं थी। बिखरी जटाएं सँवरी हुई, मुण्डमाला उतरी हुई थी।
सभी देवता, यक्ष, गंधर्व, शिवगण उन्हें अपलक देखते रह गये। वो ऐसा रूप था कि मोहिनी अवतार रूप भी उसके सामने फीका पड़ जाये।

भगवान शिव ने अपना यह रूप कभी भी प्रकट नहीं किया था। शिवजी का ऐसा अतुलनीय रूप करोड़ों कामदेवों को भी मलिन कर रहा था।
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#Mahashivratri is the day to celebrate an eternal phenomenon which is depicted in the marital union of bhagavān Shiva with Sridevi Parvathi - kalyāṇaṃ or the wedding of the cosmic divine couple reveals the eternal cause behind all causes of creation.
#Mahashivratri2023
The return of the seer back to his completeness,the union of the seer with the seen,when the seen becomes known to the seer. Seen is śakti and the seer is śiva, & both were always one without a second. During creation,śakti appears as separate from the inert yet conscious
aspect of the Divine which is śiva and expands the entire creation out of her divine play. The seed of śiva is evoluted in a magnificent creation by devī's womb. She births the entire matter within a space & time with her energy and awareness of this eternal śiva tatva, the
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#Mahashivratri is the day to celebrate an eternal phenomenon which is depicted in the marital union of bhagavān Shiva with Sridevi Parvathi - kalyāṇaṃ or the wedding of the cosmic divine couple reveals the eternal cause behind all causes of creation.
#Mahashivratri2023
The return of the seer back to his completeness,the union of the seer with the seen,when the seen becomes known to the seer. Seen is śakti and the seer is śiva, & both were always one without a second. During creation,śakti appears as separate from the inert yet conscious
aspect of the Divine which is śiva and expands the entire creation out of her divine play. The seed of śiva is evoluted in a magnificent creation by devī's womb. She births the entire matter within a space & time with her energy and awareness of this eternal śiva tatva, the
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Chandramauleshwar Linga: 

This is the splendid lingam, worshipped by Lord Sri Rama. Agastya Maharshi worshipped this Lingam, given to him by Varada Muni. It was later handed over to Sri Matha by Sri Adi Shankaracharya. #Mahashivratri
A very happy and blessed #Mahashivratri.
Lingam, in Hinduism, is a votary object that symbolizes lord Shiva & is revered as an emblem of generative power. The image below is of Chandramauleshwar Lingam worshipped by Sri Rama, Rishi Agasthya and Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankarachaya!
The sixteenth scar is Akshaya; unending and inexhaustible. That is ever-present in the head of lord Shiva. The lunar-line is clearly, naturally, in the head of Chandramauleshwar. So it is the only appropriate Chandramauleshwar lingam in the world. #Mahashivratri
@AbodeOfLakshmi
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#Sadhguru #Mahashivratri
"Why Sadhguru being targeted than any One else?"
இதனை புரிந்து கொள்ள தமிழகம் தாண்டி மக்கள் சத்குருவை எப்படி பார்க்கிறார்கள் என்பதனை விருப்பு வெறுப்பின்றி அமைந்த ஒரு தேடல் வேண்டும்! ஆயிரம் குருமார்கள் இன்றைக்கும்,
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உண்டு ஆனால் சத்குரு மீதான தாக்குதல் பல் முனைகளில் இருந்து இருக்கும் அதற்கு @Swamy39 அவர்கள் அதற்கான பதிலை கீழ் கண்டவாறு குடுத்திருப்பார்!
"இங்குள்ள குருமார்கள் ஏதேனும் ஒரு வட்டத்திற்குள் சுருக்கப்பட்டிருப்பார்கள், அது மொழியாக, தான் இருக்கும் நில
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பகுதியாக (geographical area), அல்லது ஏதேனும் ஒரு சமயம் சார்ந்து, இதில் எதுவாக வேண்டுமானாலும் இருக்கலாம்! ஆனால் நன்றாக யோசித்தால் சத்குரு மேலே குறிப்பிட்ட எந்த வட்டத்திற்குள் அடைக்க முடியாது! அவர் பல மொழிகளில் நன்கு தேர்ச்சி பெற்றுள்ளார்
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#Thread on #MahaShivaratri

The five faces of #Mahadev -

🔸️ Sadyojata - the newly born consciousness

🔸️Vamdev - preserves consciousness

🔸️Aghora - The power of dissolution of the terrifying things within us. Representing the dropping of our ego.

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🔸️Tatpurush - the power of obscuration, represents the transition period from extreme darkness to complete light within us.

🔸️Ishaan - the power of revealment, representing moksha or the oneness.

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On Mahashivratri, dances are performed for time immemorial, which are termed as cosmic dance

5 key dance forms of Natraja

🔸️ Srishti - Creation

🔸️Samhara - Destruction of the self/ego. "There's no being, only becoming"

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#Mahashivratri Thread on how to observe the fast.
It has also been said that Shuklayjurveda is very dear to Bhagwan Shiva.

वेदः शिवः शिवो वेदः ll

That is why the sages have been told in the scriptures to perform Rudrabhishek with Shuklayjurvediya Rudrashtadhyayi. Image
यजुर्मयो हृदयं देवो यजुर्भिः शतरुद्रियै:।
पूजनीयो महारुद्रो सन्ततिश्रेयमिच्छता।।

Special benefits are obtained by performing Rudrabhishek according to the method described in ShuklaJurvedi Rudrashtadhyayi.
Yajnavalkya said in Jabalopanishad...

Shatrudriyeneti (शतरुद्रियै) means that by the continuous recitation of Shatrudriya, salvation is attained.
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On #Mahashivratri this is an attempt to list heritage Shiva temples in #Pune that go back over 250 years. #KnowPune
1) Onkareshwar : Built by Chimaji Appa younger brother of Bajirao-I in 1738
2) Kameshwar : Nene Ghat,Shaniwar Peth
3) Harihareshwar: Shaniwar Peth,since Peshwa Days
4) Someshwar - Raviwar Peth, since mid 1700s
5) Someshwar - Pashan, possibly over 300 years
6) Laxmaneshwar - Rasta Peth - from the late 1700s built by Sardar Raste
7) Amruteshwar-Siddheshwar - Shaniwar Peth, from mid 1700s built by Naik-Joshi Baramatikar
8) Vruddheshwar-Siddheshwar, Bhamburda (Shivajinagar) Village, banks of Mutha, from 1700s
9) Rameshwar- Shukrawar Peth, Mandai from mid 1700s
10) Phadke Mahadev ( Rameshwar) - Raviwar Peth,Built by Haripant Phadke from late 1700
11) Sangameshwar - from 1700s at Mula-Mutha Sangam
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FEBRUARY - MONTH TO CONNECT WITH DIVINE ENERGY OF SHIVA

Generally, February is regarded as a great month for love. No doubt western culture has a major effect on our youngster’s mind today. But in reality,the month of February holds an altogether a different meaning in our life.
Its actually the month of devotion. Its the month for offering prayers and connecting to higher energies. Its the month to meditate on the name of ‘formless’. Its the month to seek blessings of ultimate truth in this world.

It’s the month to connect with divine energy of SHIVA!
Shiva is MAHAKAAL i.e. he itself is time. Actually he is beyond time and space. He is eternal God in the form of pure,infinite, indestructible consciousness which is omniscient and omnipresent. He is all benevolent therefore known as BHOLA among its devotees.

So lets surrender
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To market event of #Mahashivratri, planetary positions cause a natural energy upsurge in the human system.

Otherwise, mock Jyotish and claim planets can't impact life and can't decide destiny.

Decide yourself.
He will mock Jyotish but for his own profit, claim the same thing (planets impact humans) which Jyotish does? But I can't question him? Why? He should first decide what he believes in.
My knowledge is very much limited - I have no hesitation in accepting this. However, Jyotish is an Anga of Veda. A true Yogi would never mock it.

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କୃତ୍ତିବାସାୟ ଶିବ କୃତ୍ତିବାସାୟ
ହର ହର ଭୋଲେ ନମଃ ଶିବାୟ 🙏
Krttibasaya Shiv Krttibasaya
Har Har Bhole Namah Shivaya 🙏
#ମହାଶିବରାତ୍ରି
#Mahashivratri
#ଓଁନମଃଶିବାୟ
#LingarajaTemple in pictures👇
#OldImages #Thread
Lingaraja temple from different directions..
Bhogamandapa, Lingaraja Temple
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🌼ॐ नमः शिवाय🌼

विशेष धर्मशिक्षा Twitter Thread

🙏#महाकाल की विशेष कृपाका प्राप्तिकाल है #Mahashivratri

दक्षिण भारतमें यह शक संवत् माघ कृष्ण चतुर्दशी,
तो उत्तर भारतमें विक्रम संवत् फाल्गुन कृष्ण चतुर्दशीको होता है !

🙏इस समय #शिव जी ध्यानावस्थासे समाधि-अवस्थामें जाते है।

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#Mahashivratri को

🙏शिवजी रात्रि एक प्रहर विश्राम करते हैं!
🌿अधिकाधिक शिवतत्त्व आकृष्ट करने हेतु बिल्वपत्र, श्वेतपुष्प इ. शिवपिंडीपर चढाते है।
🙏शिवार्चन व अभिषेकका विशेष महत्व है।

शिवजीके दर्शन एवं #महाशिवरात्रि व्रतका विधी, शास्त्रोक्त जानकारी हेतु सभी यह thread अवश्य पढे

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#महाशिवरात्रि विशेष धर्मशिक्षा -शिवलिंगपर दूधका अभिषेक!

🔱दूध में शिवतत्त्व को आकर्षित करने की क्षमता अधिक होती है।
🔱दूध शक्तिका प्रतीक होने से शिवलिंग पर उसका अभिषेक किया जाता है।
🔱अभिषेक के बाद उस दूध को तीर्थ के रूप में पीने से पूजक को उसका आध्यात्मिक लाभ मिलता है।

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#HarHarMahadev to one & all!

Auspicious occasion of #𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 is just a day away.

Let's learn 𝟭𝟬 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 about
👉God #Shiva
👉Significance of #Mahashivratri
👉#Rudraksha etc.
in this informative thread

@SanatanSanstha
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𝟭. 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 #𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗮 (शिव) has been derived by reversing letters of the word ‘vash’ (वश्). Vash means to enlighten; hence, one who enlightens is Shiva. He illuminates the universe.

#Mahashivratri2021

Know spiritual meanings of His other names at sanatan.org/en/a/60.html
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𝟮. 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗱 #𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗿?

Its difficult for devotees to tolerate the intense vibrations of God Shiva’s original white colour. So, the envelope

#Mahashivratri2021

@mariawirth1 @TheSanatanUday
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