{"id":1920,"date":"2022-03-01T08:43:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T08:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/?p=1920"},"modified":"2022-02-16T14:48:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T14:48:46","slug":"maha-shivaratri-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2022\/03\/01\/maha-shivaratri-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Maha Shivaratri"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/02\/maha-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1922\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Maha Shivaratri (1 March) is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of the god Shiva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It celebrates the grand marriage of the lord of destruction, Shiva \u2013 with the goddess of fertility, love, and beauty, Parvati, who&nbsp;is&nbsp;also known as Shakti (power).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A major festival in&nbsp;Hinduism, this festival is solemn and marks a remembrance of &#8220;overcoming darkness and ignorance&#8221; in life and the world. It is observed by remembering Shiva and chanting prayers, fasting and meditating on ethics and virtues such as honesty, charity, forgiveness, and the discovery of Shiva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"244\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/02\/maha-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1923\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are planning to observe a Shivaratri fast this year, here are some foods that you can still have while on fast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Potatoes: Aloo Kadhi, Aloo Tikki, Aloo Khichdi &#8230; and more<br>Non-cereal Dishes<br>Milk-based beverages and desserts<br>Pakodas and vadas<br>Fruits\u00a0and dried\u00a0fruits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maha Shivaratri (1 March) is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of the god Shiva. It celebrates the grand marriage of the lord of destruction, Shiva \u2013 with the goddess of fertility, love, and beauty, Parvati, who&nbsp;is&nbsp;also known as Shakti (power). A major festival in&nbsp;Hinduism, this festival is solemn and marks a remembrance of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2022\/03\/01\/maha-shivaratri-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Maha Shivaratri&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":1921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-celebration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1920"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1925,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920\/revisions\/1925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}