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