सोमनाथ महाशिवरात्रि

The most important annual festival at Somnath Jyotirlinga — the first among the twelve. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims arrive for Maha Shivaratri. The Rudrabhisheka is performed by scores of priests simultaneously through the night. Somnath Aarti at sunset over the Arabian Sea is considered one of the most spiritually powerful experiences in Indian pilgrimage.

1. RecurrenceLunar — Phalguna · krishna pakṣa · tithi 14 · pañcāṅga ruletextual
2. Community attributionPan-Hindu — observed across communitiestextual
3. Name (eng/Latn)Somnath Maha Shivaratritextual
4. Name (hin/Deva)सोमनाथ महाशिवरात्रिtextual
5. Name (tam/Taml)சோம்நாத் மஹா சிவராத்திரிtextual
6. Name (tel/Telu)సోమనాథ్ మహా శివరాత్రిtextual
7. Name (kan/Knda)ಸೋಮನಾಥ ಮಹಾ ಶಿವರಾತ್ರಿtextual
8. Name (mal/Mlym)സോംനാഥ് മഹാ ശിവരാത്രിtextual
9. Observed at46 templescommunity attested

• Temple 931821dbprincipal Somnath Shivaratri celebration
• Temple 78803ff0deity-festival association
• Temple 0b7bd8d2deity-festival association
• Temple 98ac3cd1deity-festival association
• Temple 636d7a3fdeity-festival association
• Temple 22d32af8deity-festival association
• Temple 9265571fdeity-festival association
• Temple 80afafb4deity-festival association
• Temple 674e75e3deity-festival association
• Temple 2d8fa958deity-festival association
• Temple d103e063deity-festival association
• Temple 3b28cee5deity-festival association
• And 34 more temples in the register.

• eng / LatnSomnath Maha ShivaratriThe most important annual festival at Somnath Jyotirlinga — the first among the twelve. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims arrive for Maha Shivaratri. The Rudrabhisheka is performed by scores of priests simultaneously through the night. Somnath Aarti at sunset over the Arabian Sea is considered one of the most spiritually powerful experiences in Indian pilgrimage.
• hin / Devaसोमनाथ महाशिवरात्रिगुजरात के सोमनाथ ज्योतिर्लिंग में महाशिवरात्रि का भव्य उत्सव।
• tam / Tamlசோம்நாத் மஹா சிவராத்திரி
• tel / Teluసోమనాథ్ మహా శివరాత్రి
• kan / Kndaಸೋಮನಾಥ ಮಹಾ ಶಿವರಾತ್ರಿ
• mal / Mlymസോംനാഥ് മഹാ ശിവരാത്രി

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URN · somnath-maha-shivaratri