Maha shivaratri celebration
Deň / Dátum / Čas
streda / 26.02.2025 - 27.02.2025 / 6:30 - 4:30
MAHA SHIVARATRI CELEBRATION
Wednesday feb 26th/ 6h30 – Thursday 27th/ 4h30
In the spirit of Tantrotsav, a yearly Tantra Festival offering workshops, rituals and performances, we are inviting you to a time of devotion and communion.
Founded by Lakshman Gurukkal over 10years ago and held in his home “Kalarigram” (Tamil Nadu, India), the festival starts several weeks before and culminates on Maha Shivaratri. Each year a different aspect of the Goddess presides over the festival, inspiring us seekers with Her Grace and specific qualities. This year’s Wisdom Goddess is CHINNAMASTA, Goddess of self sacrifice, transformation and power, symbolizing life, death, and rebirth. She represents Pralaya, or end of the world wherein the Absolute reabsorbs or swallows up all creation.
On Maha Shivaratri, The Great Night of Shiva, it is believed that powerful cosmic energies especially conducive to spiritual growth and awakening descend on Earth. Keeping the spine upright enables the flow of energy to be more easily channeled through the body, promoting physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing. Shiva represents the stillness of the cosmos and the dissolution of ignorance. Meditating and fasting on this night helps align with universal energies, and make us receptive to inner transformation.
Morning program:
6h30-7h : Ganapati Homam – Devotional fire to Ganesh (weather permits, otherwise Ganesh Mantra meditation)
7h15-9h30 : Pralaya Yoga & Mantra
9h30-…: Tea and Prasad (sharing of sacred food offering)
Evening:
19h30-21h : Kalaripayattu practice
21h-21h30 : Kalaripayattu demonstration
21h30-22h: Tea and Prasad (sharing of sacred food offering)
22h-23h: Chinnamasta presentation, Puja, Mantra & Yantra meditation
23h15-23h45 : Ganapati Homam – Devotional fire to Ganesh (weather permits, otherwise Ganesh Mantra meditation)
Night:
00h00 – 4h30:
Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra + 1008 Shiva Panchakshari Mantra
4h30-…: Tea and Prasad (sharing of sacred food offering)