This fast or vrat is unique from those followed during other Hindu festivals, where believers eat food after performing the pooja of the shiva. On this big night of lord shiva, the fast or vrat continues through the day and night.

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Let’s take a look at why people do this amazing fasting:

Fasting purifies the body and mind

Your body feels lighter and your mind feels relaxed as the agitation decreases. At the same moment, our minds become more alert. When this happens, it means that you are ready for prayers and meditation, which is the most important part of the Maha Shivaratri celebration.

Increase the power of your prayers

When both your mind and body are purified, there is great strength in your purpose and prayers. When you join the Shivaratri fast with meditation, you improve the possibility of your desires getting manifested. It is believed that lord shiva’s blessings are granted upon you when you consider Shivaratri fast with sincerity and devotion.

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Focusing on meditation

Maha Shivaratri is the day when meditation is 100 times stronger than another day, believers only focus on meditation on this auspicious day. Fasting empowers you to control the body’s natural processes, so you are not diverted from being one with yourself.

Absolving you of sins

Fasting releases, negative emotions from people like their greed, lust, anger, and anxiety. It is believed that when you fast and chant Shiva’s name, you are absolved of all your sins. Few people survive on digestible food or simply in water or milk.

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The story behind Maha Shivaratri fast

The gods and demons were always at war with each other. on the advice of lord Vishnu, they stir an ocean of milk together for amrita, the drink of immortality. They used Vasuki, the snake that sits on lord shiva’s neck, as a rope and the first thing that came out of it was the poison. The gods and demons prayed to lord shiva requesting his help. The lord shiva drank all the poison and saved them.

His wife, goddess Parvati, was concerned that the poison would enter the lord Shiva’s body and cause him pain. So, she held his throat to stop the poison from spreading, for one day and one night, which is why he turned blue. As goddess Parvati fasted for the entire day and night, so it has become an old tradition to fast and stay awake all night during Maha Shivaratri.

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