Tuesday 5 March 2019

Spirit of Mahasivaratri in Thanjavur

Driving around Thanjavur on Mahasivaratri night exposed us to the spirit of this celebration in this region.

Roads leading to temples dedicated to lord Shiva were crammed with bikes and cars; people had begun to head to the temples 8 p.m. onwards and at some places there were traffic jams.
Music floated out of each temple, some taking it far on the public audio systems.
Traffic was diverted on some roads as people gathered on the streets to have a darshan.

But it was to the Brihadeswarar Temple where streams of people were headed, the music of the dance recitals floating in the air.

At 9 p.m. there must have been over 10,000 people. Some 2000 of them sat and watched the recitals. The night was young.

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