Devotees performing pooja on the occasion of Mahasivarathri at at Naga Devatha temple Habsiguda in Hyderabad on Monday. A Radhakrishna|EPSDevotees lighting traditional lamps around the sanctum sanctorum of Sreekandewaram temple on Maha Sivarathri evening in Thiruvananthapuram. BP Deepu|EPSCongress MP T Subbirami Reddy along with veda pandits coming to perform pooja on Mahashivaratri at R K Beach in Visakhapatnam. R V K Rao|EPSDevotees Offering prayers on the occasion of Mahasivarathri at gangadeeswarar temple in Purasawalkam. D Sampath Kumar|EPSDevotees pour milk over the Shivling on the occasion of Mahashivratri at Gangadeeswarar Thirukoil, in Chennai. Martin Louis|EPSDevotees at Kapaleeswarar temple in the eve of Maha Shivarathari. R SATISH BABU|EPSDevotees at Kapaleeswarar temple in the eve of Maha Shivarathari. R SATISH BABU|EPSShivarathri Celebration near Chintadripet in Chennai. Sunish P Surendran|EPSDevotees at Mylapore getting blessing from the 'Maragathalingam' on the eve of Maha Shivarathiri. R SATISH BABU|EPS