While circumambulating the Shiv Linga, do not take a full round ... Never offer milk to Lord Shiva in a brass vessel. Instead, you can use a copper vessel. It is also forbidden to offer coconut ...

According to the Shvetashvatara Upanishad, Shiva has no specific form or characteristics, transcending physical attributes, including gender. The lingam, therefore, is a mark of Shiva's ...

The devotees celebrate the festival in temples by pouring water or milk over the Shiva linga, a stone sculpture symbolic of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. Some also observe a fast during the ...

and water to the holy Shiva Linga to seek blessings from Lord Shiva. Image credits: istock Mahashivratri or ‘The Great Night of Shiva’ is a Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Shiva, the God of ...