HT Correspondent
HOJAI, Feb 19: The festival of ‘Mahasivaratri’ was celebrated with great devotion and fervour in many places of Hojai district on Saturday along with other parts of Assam.
On this holy occasion, Shiva temples were embellished with lights and flowers.
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The devotees of Lord Shiva have been thronging the Shiva temples since the early morning. The volume of crowd the temples attracted could be easily estimated from the long queue of devotees formed outside the temples. People of all age participated in the rituals.
Of the temples here, the old temple near the Sibari at Natun Bazar of Hojai stood out. This age-old temple, quite popular among the devotees, witnessed a slew of devotees, who kept coming throughout the day.
The temple was also adorned with lights. Many other areas like Rajbari of Jugijan, Amtola Narshing Asthan Shiv Mandir, Milick Basti Shiv Mandir, Lankeshwari Shiv Mandir at Lanka, Muktinath Shiv mandir at Hawaipur and Udaipur Shiv Mandir also observed community worshipping of Lord Shiva on the special occasion.
Many people were also seen going to the Shiva Festival being held at the Thaisobali Shiv Mela, locally call ‘Athaiso Mela’ believed to be the oldest mela in rural area which is just 15 km from Hojai town.
On the holy occasion, ‘Akhand Kirtan’ for 24 hours were also held at the Milick Basti, Shiv Mandir, Muktinath Shiv Mandir and Bhimarali Shiv Mandir premises respectively.
