18 incredible photos of the Maha Shivaratri celebrations
Glorious images show the festival Maha Shivaratri
A woman devotee lights diyas as she prays at the Aap Shambhu Lord Shiva temple during Shivaratri festival in Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
These glorious images show the festival Maha Shivaratri in full swing.
A holy man walks amid a sea of devotees at the Pashupatinath temple during Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A sadhu paints coloured paste onto his face during the Maha Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu. (AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH MATHEMA)
A holy man smears his face with ash at the courtyard of the Pashupatinath temple during Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A holy man smokes marijuana at the courtyard of the Pashupatinath temple during Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Worshippers warm themselves near a fire during the Maha Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu. (AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH MATHEMA)
A sadhu smokes marijuana from a clay pipe as a holy offering for Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction, during the Maha Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu. (AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH MATHEMA)
A sadhu paints coloured paste onto his face during the Maha Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu. (AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH MATHEMA)
A holy man dressed as Hindu god Hanuman, dances as devotees chant religious hymns in the courtyard of the Pashupatinath temple during Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A sadhu sits on top of the well at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar)
A sadhu plays a flute at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar)
Devotees walk past the Shiva linga at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar)
Indian devotees offer prayers to a Shiva lingam to mark the Maha Shivaratri festival at the Shiva Mandir in Hyderabad. (AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM)
A sadhu poses near the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on the eve of Maha Shivaratri. (AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH MATHEMA)
A sadhu poses with another near the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. (AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH MATHEMA)
Holy man looks into the mirror as he applies ashes on his face at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar)
A sadhu is pictured as he sits inside the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar)
A sadhu walks along the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar)