New Delhi: People around India celebrate Maha Shivratri. In Bengaluru people worship lord Shiva on Maha Shivratri. In Mumbai women ties a thread around a banyan tree on occassion of Vat Shivratri festiva. Deities at Paddal Ground on the inaugural ceremony of International Shivratri Fair in Mandi while a man with a bone in his mouth participates in a procession organised on Maha Shivratri in Allahabad.

A sadhu is seen by the Bagmati river at Pashupatinath Temple on the eve of Maha Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu. A foreigner worships a Shivling on the banks of Ganga river ahead of Mahashivratri in Varanasi.