{"id":732,"date":"2026-07-17T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=732"},"modified":"2025-07-23T17:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T03:00:03","slug":"lesson-97-dancing-with-siva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-97-dancing-with-siva\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 97 \u2013 Dancing with \u015aiva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DwS-Lesson-97.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Recording: Gurudeva&#8217;s cloned voice<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Are the Primary Festivals to \u015aiva?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u015aLOKA 97<br>Mah\u0101\u015bivar\u0101tri, \u015aiva\u2019s great night, venerates Para\u015biva. K\u1e5bittik\u0101 D\u012bpam celebrates the infinite light of Par\u0101\u015bakti. \u0100rdr\u0101 Dar\u015banam invokes the blessings of Parame\u015bvara\u2014 Lord \u015aiva Na\u1e6dar\u0101ja in His blissful Cosmic Dance. Aum.<br><br>BH\u0100SHYA<br>Mah\u0101\u015bivar\u0101tri is the night before the new-moon day in February-March. We observe it both as a discipline and a festivity, keeping a strict fast and all-night vigil, meditating, intoning \u015aiva\u2019s 1,008 names, singing His praise, chanting \u015ar\u012b Rudram, bathing the \u015aivali\u1e45ga and being near the vair\u0101g\u012bs as they strive to realize Para\u015biva. On K\u1e5bittik\u0101 D\u012bpam, the K\u1e5bittik\u0101 nakshatra in November-December, we honor\u2014with oil lamps everywhere, village bonfires and special temple \u0101rat\u012b\u2014God \u015aiva as an infinite pillar of light. This is an important festival in Murugan temples. On \u0100rdr\u0101 Dar\u015banam, during the \u0100rdr\u0101 nakshatra of December-January, Lord Na\u1e6dar\u0101ja receives elaborate abhisheka and is beseeched for yogic union, prosperity and matrimonial success. He is again lavishly invoked on the Uttar\u0101phalgun\u012b nakshatra in June-July and on four other days each year. Special monthly days for \u015aiva worship are the two 13th tithis, called pradosha. The Vedas proclaim, \u201cThe Lord, God, all-pervading and omnipresent, dwells in the heart of all beings. Full of grace, He ultimately gives liberation to all creatures by turning their faces toward Himself.\u201d Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Are the Primary Festivals to \u015aiva? \u015aLOKA 97Mah\u0101\u015bivar\u0101tri, \u015aiva\u2019s great night, venerates Para\u015biva. K\u1e5bittik\u0101 D\u012bpam celebrates the infinite light of Par\u0101\u015bakti. \u0100rdr\u0101 Dar\u015banam invokes the blessings of Parame\u015bvara\u2014 Lord \u015aiva Na\u1e6dar\u0101ja in His blissful Cosmic Dance. Aum. BH\u0100SHYAMah\u0101\u015bivar\u0101tri is the night before the new-moon day in February-March. 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