Maha Shivaratri

E138493

Hindu festival religious observance

Maha Shivaratri is a major Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Shiva, marked by night-long vigils, fasting, and special worship rituals in temples and homes.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Maha Shivaratri canonical	27
Mahashivaratri	19
Mahashivratri	4
Maha Shivratri	1
Mahashivaratri celebrations	1
Shivaratri	1
Shivratri	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu festival ⓘ religious observance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Arudra Darshan ⓘ surface form: Great Night of Shiva Maha Shivaratri ⓘ surface form: Mahashivaratri
associatedConcept	devotion to Shiva ⓘ overcoming darkness and ignorance ⓘ spiritual discipline ⓘ
associatedMantra	Om Namah Shivaya ⓘ
associatedSect	Shaivism ⓘ
culturalSignificance	one of the most important Shaivite festivals ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Shiva ⓘ
duration	one night ⓘ
fastingType	nirjala fast ⓘ phalahar fast ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasPublicHolidayStatusIn	Nepal ⓘ
hasPublicHolidayStatusInPartOf	India ⓘ
liturgicalTheme	worship of Shiva in his linga form ⓘ
majorTempleCelebration	Kashi Vishwanath Temple ⓘ surface form: Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi Kedarnath Temple ⓘ surface form: Kedarnath Temple, Uttarakhand Mahakaleshwar Temple, Ujjain ⓘ Pashupatinath Temple ⓘ surface form: Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu Somnath Temple ⓘ surface form: Somnath Temple, Gujarat
monthInHinduCalendar	Magha ⓘ Phalguna ⓘ
mythologicalAssociation	marriage of Shiva and Parvati ⓘ night of Shiva’s cosmic dance ⓘ
observancePlace	homes ⓘ temples ⓘ
observedBy	Hinduism ⓘ surface form: Hindus
observedInCountry	India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ
observedInRegion	Fiji ⓘ Mauritius ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ global Hindu diaspora ⓘ
occursIn	Hindu lunisolar calendar ⓘ surface form: Hindu calendar
primaryDeity	Shiva ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
ritualPractice	abhishek of Shiva linga ⓘ all-night temple visits ⓘ chanting of Shiva mantras ⓘ fasting ⓘ night-long vigil ⓘ offering of bael leaves ⓘ special worship rituals ⓘ
tithi	Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi ⓘ
typicalGregorianMonth	February ⓘ March ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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# Requirements
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Input

Subject: Maha Shivaratri
Description of subject: Maha Shivaratri is a major Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Shiva, marked by night-long vigils, fasting, and special worship rituals in temples and homes.

Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shiva → majorFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Shaivism → majorFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Kashi → hasFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Indo-Mauritians → festival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Trimbakeshwar → hostsFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Omkareshwar Ghat → peakSeason → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivratri

Kashi Vishwanath Temple → importantFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Kapaleeshwarar Temple → associatedWithFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Koneswaram Temple → mainFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Somnath Temple → majorFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Hindu lunisolar calendar → determinesFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Ramanathaswamy Temple → festival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Kedarnath Temple → majorFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Ujjain → festival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivratri

Srisailam Temple → mainFestivals → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Chidambaram → hasFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Maha Shivaratri → alsoKnownAs → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Tarakeswar → hasFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shivaratri

Bholenath → associatedFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval → majorFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Srisailam → hasFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Pashupatinath Temple → mainFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Mahabhairab Temple → majorFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Brihadeeswarar Temple → festival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Annamalaiyar Temple → majorFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Perur Pateeswarar Temple → festival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Bagmati River → majorFestivalOnBanks → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Kanwar Yatra → associatedFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Jyotirlinga of Shiva → hasFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

subject surface form: Jyotirlinga of Shiva at Trimbakeshwar

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Trimbak → hasFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Omkareshwar island → hasFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

subject surface form: Omkareshwar Island

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri celebrations

Deoghar → festivalCelebrated → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivratri

Baidhyanath Temple, Deoghar → festival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Daksha Mahadev Temple → festivalCelebrated → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Thousand Pillar Temple → festivalCelebrated → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Kashi Vishwanath temple, Maheshwar → festival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Rajarajeshwara temple, Maheshwar → festival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

subject surface form: Rajarajeshwara Temple, Maheshwar

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Nageswaran Temple → festival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Kasi Viswanathar Temple → festival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

subject surface form: Kasi Viswanathar Temple, Kumbakonam

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga temple → majorFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Eklingji → festival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri

Kotilingeswara Temple ghats → popularDuring → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Magha → associatedWith → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Bageshwar → festivalCelebrated → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shivratri

Iruppu Falls → popularFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Huma Leaning Temple (nearby) → hasFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

subject surface form: Huma Leaning Temple

Huma Leaning Temple (nearby) → majorFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

subject surface form: Huma Leaning Temple

Vishwanath → associatedWithFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Golden Temple of Varanasi → mainFestival → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

Perur → festivalObserved → Maha Shivaratri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahashivaratri