Mahashivaratri celebrated across India

NEW DELHI:Millions of Hindus thronged temples across the country Monday to celebrate Mahashivaratri, with some shrines receiving as many as one hundred thousand devouts.It is the first time after 11 years that the festival has fallen on a Monday, a day when devouts normally offer prayers to Lord Shiva.From the crack of dawn, huge crowds visited temples big and small all over the country. The biggest and better known Shiv temples naturally attracted more people.”This year’s Mahashivaratri has its own significance as it falls on a Monday,” a priest at Delhi’s famed Birla Mandir said.(IANS)