As Hindu devotees around the globe celebrated Maha Shivratri with fervent prayers, bhajans, and special pujas, a historic temple in Lahore, Pakistan, also joined in the festivities. A temple India Today visited, built before the partition, welcomed devotees from early morning and continued the celebrations till late at night.
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00:00With me is the local Pandit here.
00:26Remember this temple was made before partition.
00:29Panditji, first of all please tell us about Mahashivratri.
00:32We wish you a very happy Mahashivratri, Har Har Mahadev.
00:34Har Har Mahadev ji, this is a very big day for our Lord Shiva.
00:38I wish you a very happy Mahashivratri.
00:42I would like to know, how many people come to this temple on a daily basis?
00:48A lot of people come.
00:49This has started from 6 am today.
00:52The congregation is coming.
00:56We have a special evening program from 7 pm to 10 pm.
01:02In this program, there will be bhajans and aarti.
01:06We have also made a bhandara.
01:09This will continue.
01:11We are very happy that this temple is being celebrated in the whole of Pakistan.
01:15The big thing is that the government here, our Waqf Board,
01:20is doing all the arrangements.
01:24We are very happy.
01:26I wish my brothers and sisters a very happy Mahashivratri.