Shivaratri Tour

Overview of Shivaratri Tour

Maha Shivaratri Tour is the best opportunity to explore all the essence of the festival. Located in Kathmandu, Pashupatinath is the most sacred Temple of Hindu. It is one of the holiest temples of all Hindus around the world. The main temple of Pashupatinath is a Shiva Temple. The temple premises include the temples of all major Hindu deities.

The main temple dedicates to Lord Pashupatinath who is the supreme God of all Hindus. Pashupatinath means the master of all creatures and preserver of all living beings. Therefore, people found this tour worth for visit.

Jyotir Linga of Pashupatinath

Pashupatinath Linga is a “Jyotir Linga”. Hence, Pashupatinath is regarded as the most powerful temple. People believe, if you visit the temple and pay homage to the ‘Jyotir Lingam’, it will bring a great boon and a successful life to your life.

Pashupatinath temple has 64 Lingas. The temple premises houses Kirtimukhi Bhairav, Unmatta Bhairav, Astamatrika, Nava Graha, Hanuman, Nandi, and Trishul. Similarly, the Jaleshwor, Doleshwor, Basuki Naag, Gupteshwor, Lal Ganesh, Surya, Jalasahi Vishnu are major temples inside Pashupatinath. Among the sixty-four, each Linga has its importance.

People celebrate several festivals in the Pashupatinath area. Among many festivals, Shiva Ratri (Shiva’s Night) is the biggest festival on Pashupatinath Temple premises.

Shiva Ratri means the night of Lord Shiva or the night he created himself by his divine grace. This auspicious Shivaratri Tour on festival time falls on the thirteen or fourteenth day of the waning moon in the month of Falgun (February).

The Hindu Pilgrims come to Pashupatinath to celebrate this day with a lot of zeal and enthusiasm. Similarly, Devotees keep vigil, chant prayers, fast, do yoga, meditate or recite prayers to Shiva. In addition to this, married Hindu women pray for their husband’s wellbeing. Whereas, unmarried ones ask for a good husband during the festival.

Cannabis (Marijuana/Ganja/Weed) and Shiva Ratri

According to Hindu mythology, when Shiva’s consort died, he came to the forests near the temple. Then he smeared the body with ash and keep wandering smoking cannabis. Cannabis grows wild in the forests of Nepal. Besides this, he used to wear a serpent as his ornaments and drapes his waist with tiger skin as he wandered.

Cannabis is illegal in Nepal. However, it allows for taking some as a religious ritual for ascetics during the festival of Shiva Ratri. The only explanation for this is that the ascetics are imitating Shiva.

The ban is ignored during the festival for the ascetics. But they are allowed to smoke inside the temple complex but not sell or distribute it to pilgrims. Oriental Journeys organizes the Maha Shiva Ratri tour in Kathmandu annually.

Transportation

The transfer service includes a private vehicle for the Shivaratri tours. Sedan / Scorpio A/C car serves for 1- 6 travellers and a tourist coach serves for the big groups. It transfers you from your hotel to the sightseeing sites and takes one site to another.

Food/Meals

Our Shivaratri tour begins after breakfast and concludes around 4:00 – 5:00 pm. Generally, we take a launch pause in between 13:00 -14:00. Travellers can enjoy lunch at a restaurant near the monument site.

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