Fervent Shiv bhakts celebrate Maha Shivaratri with pomp and show all over India

Maha Shivaratri- 'the Great Night of Shiva'- was celebrated all over India with much fanfare and pomp.

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev in spiritual ecstasy on the occasion of Shivaratri at Isha Foundation Centre in Coimbatore. (Photo| U Rakesh Kumar, EPS) 

Devotees write 'Om Namah Shivaya'as part of the Maha Shivarathri vrutham at Sreekanteshwara Mahadev temple in Thiruvananathapuram. (Photo| B P Deepu, EPS)

Aluva Manapuram wears a shiny look on Maha Shivaratri. (Photo| Albin Mathew,EPS)

Priests perform special pooja at Kadumalleshwara temple, which was decorated with fruits on the occasion of Mahashivaratri festival, in Bengaluru. (Photo| Nagaraj Gadekal,EPS)

Devotees offering prayers at Shiva Temple on Old Airport Road in Bengaluru.( Photo | Shriram B N, EPS)

Devotees take a holy dip in River Krishna on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri at Durga Ghat in Vijayawada. (Photo| EPS)

A priest performs abhishekam at the Jambukeswarar- Akilandeshwari temple in Thiruvanaikaval, Tiruchy. (Photo| M K Ashok Kumar,EPS)

An elderly man offering bali tharpan to his ancestors at Aluva Sree Mahadev Temple in Kerala. (Photo| Albin Mathew,EPS)

Devotees pay reverence to Shivalinga at a temple premises on the auspicious occasion of Maha Shivaratri in New Delhi. (Photo| Naveen Kumar,EPS)

Devotees offering prayers at Keesaragutta Ramalingheshwara Swami Temple in Hyderabad. (Photo| S Senbagapandiyan, EPS)