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Maha Shivaratri

Hindu festival dedicated to the god Shiva

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Maha Shivaratri: Hindu festival dedicated to the god Shiva
Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of the deity Shiva, between February and March. According to the Hindu calendar, the festival is observed on the fourteenth day of the first half of the lunar month of Phalguna. The festival commemorates the wedding of Shiva and Parvati, and the occasion that Shiva performs his divine dance, called the Tandava.

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