EMN
Dimapur, March 6
Governor of Nagaland and Assam PB Acharya extended his greetings to the people of the State on the eve of Maha Shivratri, a Hindu festival commemorated in reverence to God Shiva, and urged all to celebrate the festival in its true spirit by understanding the actual meaning and significance. Acharya said, “Maha Shivratri is celebrated in Bharat every year with profound devotion. Among all the festivals, Shivratri seems to be the only one that symbolises the reincarnation of the incorporeal, God Shiva. Shivratri is commemorative of Gods descent on earth to remove darkness of ignorance, vices and violence; this is why His descent is linked with night. The period of ‘night’ definitely refers to the ending decades of the Iron Age, where irreligiousness, unrighteousness, violence, sorrow and suffering reign all over the world. God, being the World Benefactor and Purifier of the Sinful, grants all souls liberation from sufferings and guides humanity on the path to Jeevan Mukti (liberation-in-life).” Acharya also said, when corruption, unrighteousness and immorality have spread all over the world, when ethical and moral values have declined drastically, supreme soul Shiva is once again imparting the Godly message of Be Yogi and Be Pure.
