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Shiv parivar around Shiv Linga

Mahashivratri is a pure and divine occasion that reflects changes happening in our internal state. It’s an occasion of celebrations in the holy feet of Guru. Its best worshipped with Tatvamasi Kriya. This time the occasion was such that all of us could go to the temple together for worshipping. We performed the puja and came out to sit under a tree for a while as entire temple was crowded by Shiv Bhakts. We relaxed for a while and came back. My daughter was quite serious so we asked her on the issue. She is young and said, I could not understand the entire Shiv Parivar sitting outside the Shiv Ling. She asked, why were they there ? Are you talking about family of Shiv, I asked. Yeah, she said. Are you trying to understand why the entire family is sitting around Shiv Linga. Yeah, and why are they sitting like that in a particular way? As I have seen that they sit in this way in almost all temples. Ok, Then we will discuss this in the evening when we all will be...