Millions of devotees across India celebrated the Shivaratri festival that honours the Hindu god Shiva, one of the main ...

Millions of devotees across India are celebrating the Shivaratri festival that honors the Hindu god Shiva, one of the main deities of Hinduism.

More than 400,000 people including sadhus, devotees and onlookers estimated to have visited the temple area on Wednesday.

The devotees celebrate the festival in temples by pouring water or milk over the Shiva linga, a stone sculpture symbolic of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. Some also observe a fast during the day ...

The temple opened at 2.15 am and devotees were allowed to enter the shrine from all four gates to have darshan of the Shiva Linga ...

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Thousands of devotees from across Nepal and neighbouring India thronged the revered Pashupatinath Temple since early morning to offer prayers on Maha Shivratri on Wednesday. People queued up at the ...

Thousands of devotees gathered at Nepal's Pashupatinath Temple for Maha Shivratri, a major Hindu festival. Special arrangements ensured the smooth flow of crowds, with over one million expected ...

Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Tuesday visited the famous Pashupatinath Temple here dedicated to Lord Shiva to review preparations for Mahashivaratri as Nepal is expecting over one million visitors, ...

Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli visited Nepal's Pashupatinath Temple to assess Mahashivaratri preparations. The temple expects over a million visitors, including Indian devotees. Safety and discipline ...

Preparations are almost complete for the grand occasion, said Rewati Adhikari, spokesperson of the Pashupati Trust. A total of 10,000 security personnel ... of Mahashivaratri and arrangements have ...