Jagran or Jagaran is the major aspect of Shivaratri Vrat. Jagran is awaking the whole day and night during Shivaratri. What is the significance and spiritual importance of Shivaratri Jagarana? As per the Shiva Puranam and Linga Puranam, ‘Lingodhbhavam’, the emergence of Lord Shiva from the base like structure. To watch the auspicious event in Hinduism, every Hindu should awake the whole night. Lingodhbhavam is performed at midnight or in the early morning on Shivaratri in every Shiva temple around the world.
Devotees break Shivaratri Jagran, Shivaratri Upavasam and the whole Shivaratri Vrata in the morning on the day after Shivaratri. Shivaratri Upavas is broken in the evening on Shivratri day with taking ‘Khajur’ (dates) by chanting Shiva prayers.
Lingadhbhavam is a grand event visited by a large number of devotees in Dwadasha Jyothirlinga Temples. In Srishailam Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple, Srikalahasti Kalahasthishwara Swamy Temple, Vemulawada Rajarajeshwara Swamy Temple, Kaleshwaram Shiva Temple, in all Pancharama Temples in Andhra Pradesh, Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara Swamy Temple, Gokarnam Mahabaleshwara Temple, and other Shiva Temples in Karnataka, Rameshwaram Shiva Temple in Tamil Nadu the Lingodbhavam ritual attracts a large number of devotees.
The Saraswati River is one of the major rivers mentioned in all Vedas and Hindu texts. But many questioned have risen on the existence of the holy river. Some researches were done in the past but not able to found the truth. This time, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) scientists have researched and came into a conclusion that Saraswati River was existed truly in the Vedic times and merged in the desert area. The research done in association with the Rajasthan Underground Resources Department and the Indian Archaeological Survey Department, ISRO scientists have made it clear that some satellite photographs captured have been proved that there were some traces of a river which flowed in Haryana and Rajasthan states and merged into desert area in Rajasthan.
Aum is one of the sacred sounds (pranava) in the great Indian tradition. But AUM is a sound, word, and symbol that have permeated western culture more extensively than almost any other aspect of the Indian tradition. It has been parodied on TV and in movies. Tell someone you are learning to meditate, and often jokingly they will touch their index finger and thumb together and say “Om”.
