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Mangalore, Feb 27: Devotees across the city celebrated the festival of Maha Shivratri with faith and glee.

Devotees pouring milk and water as well as adoring colorful flowers on Lord Shiva’s shiv linga, in below picture.

A long queue of devotees lined up at city’s Kadri temple in order to serve holy water to Shiva’s Linga.

A married couple joyfully serving water to Linga. Maha Shivratri is considered to be the day when Lord Shiva married goddess Parvati. Many devotees do fasting on this day; especially girls in order to get a desirable life partner.

Devotees taking bath at holy ponds in Kadri temple on the day of Maha Shivratri

Priest worshipping goddess Annapurna at Kudroli-Gokarnatha Shetra

Nandi, the sacred bull that Lord Shiva rides, is adored by devotees with flower garlands at city’s Kudroli temple.

Maha-prasadam bhog at Kudroli temple

Devotees lined up for prasadam at Kudroli.