Mysuru: Mahashivarathri festival was celebrated on a grand note, with the Eshwara temples in the city, witnessing a huge footfalls of devotees from yesterday morning till the early hours of today, when the special puja rituals related to the festival concluded with Mahamangalarati to the presiding deity.
Since pre-dawn hours, the temples resonated with the chanting of Shiva Stotra and playing of audio songs dedicated to the Lord, during which the Shivalinga was decorated with various types of flowers, especially the Bilva Patra, considered as the favourite of the Lord and Rudrakshi Mala, a garland made of the dried stones of the fruit of the Elaeocarpus ganitrus tree (Rudraksha Tree).
