Thousands of devotees have descended on Grand Basin in northern Mauritius for the culmination of the Hindu festival, Maha Shivaratri.
The island nation draws one of the largest numbers of pilgrims for this popular annual festival.
After decades of darkness, Shankaracharya Temple in Srinagar lit up for #MahaShivaratri… pic.twitter.com/MKQUZFbMVT
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) February 21, 2020
They include South Africans.
The pilgrims braved the scorching sun and long queues to pray at the shrine in Grand Basin, considered by Hindus to be one of the most sacred energy spaces in the world.
It’s 2 AM. See how many women freely participating in the yatra. Bengaluru is very safe during Hindu festivals. #MahaShivaratri
I am not sure if we can expect the same during New Years eve… pic.twitter.com/GEDh4eB5c8
— Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS) February 21, 2020
This is the kind of full night events, that we used to enjoy decades ago during Maha #Shivaratri
Happy to see this at 1.30 AM now. pic.twitter.com/aGBYaBfdX7
— Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS) February 21, 2020
A devotee shares her emotions around this once in a lifetime experience.
During the festival of Shivaratri the force is double the spiritual place becomes, you see what it is today now. Today, when we are here we feel like we are here with Shiva itself. Sacrificing and praying for him. Just to get his blessings for the whole family… this is really stunning, fantastic, a surreal experience for me, very spiritual. Uplifting. The scale they do this is on is so overwhelming for us. In my 60-years, this is the first time I’ve experienced so much of devotion.”
Recent – .@dhanushkraja with his family ?, much happy to see this ?#MahaShivaratri pic.twitter.com/6HDvFhoshS
— Trends Dhanush (@Trends_DFans) February 21, 2020
