Mahashivratri 2021 Celebration Across India In Pics

Bhubaneswar: Amid COVID restrictions, India observes the auspicious festival of Mahashivratri with full religious fervour.

Devotees are thronging different famous Shiva shrines like Viswanath temple in Varanasi, Lingaraj and Loknath temple in Odisha, Jharkhandi Mahadev temple in Gorakhpur with strict COVID protocol.

Dhabaleswar temple and Akhandalmani temple from Odisha have been restricted for devotees as section 144 has been imposed to check the increasing COVID counts. While Triambakeswar temple is closed for devotees due to state lockdown.

Most state governments have imposed strict COVID restrictions in the states for the holy festival of Mahashivratri and provided police protection outside the temples to control law and order.

[caption id="attachment_525348" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Devotees Offering Puja To Nandi At Jharkhandi Mahadev Temple, Gorakhpur[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_525347" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Devotees Offering Puja At Jharkhandi Mahadev Temple, Gorakhpur[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_525352" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Huge Crowd at Jharkhandi Mahadev Temple. Gorakhpur[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_525353" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Triambakeswar Mahadev, Nasik[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_525355" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Empty Triambakeswar Mahadev Temple[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_525357" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Empty Triambakeswar Mahadev Temple[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_525358" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Devotees Waiting Outside Viswanath Mahadev Temple To Offer Puja[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_525361" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Shiva Temple Aradi In Odisha[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_525365" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Devotees Waiting Outside Lingaraj Temple in Odisha[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_525366" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Lingaraj Temple In odisha[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_525368" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Famous Lokanath Temple, Puri, Odisha[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_525370" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Dhabaleswar Temple in Odisha[/caption]

Meanwhile in Nepal, the famous Shiva shrine Pasupatinath temple also celebrates Mahashivratri with COVID restrictions.

[caption id="attachment_525360" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Pasupatinath Temple Nepal[/caption]