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Faith leaders satirically ask for alms for fossil industry at launch of the United to End Polluter Handouts campaign on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025 in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in Washington. (Paul Morigi/AP Content Services for United to End Polluter Handouts)

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A Kashmiri Shiite Muslim lights a candle on the graves of her relatives while offering prayers for the salvation of the souls of the departed, during Shab-e-Barat, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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A Kashmiri Shiite Muslim girl lights a candle on the graves of her relatives, while offering prayers for the salvation of the souls of the departed, during Shab-e-Barat, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Mahashivratri Special - Shiva Devotional Mantras & Songs Regarded as limitless, transcendent and formless, Shiva is depicted as an omniscient Yogi. He is considered as the patron god of yoga and arts. The worship of Shiva is a pan Hindu tradition and is usually worshiped in the aniconic form of Lingam.

Song List: 00:24 - Shiv Chalisa 11:19 - Shiv Tandav 18:09 - Shiv Lingashtakam 23:23 - Om Chant 108 Times 54:11 - Shiv Gayatri Mantra 108 Times 01:19:23 - Jai Shiv Omkara 01:25:30 - Mahamrityunjaya Mantra 01:33:19 - Om Namah Shivaya 108 Times 02:04:06 - Lavthavti Vikrala

– Mahashivratri Special – Shiva Devotional Mantras & Songs | Mahashivratri 2017 (via Rajshri Soul)

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Happy Maha Shivaratri!! (via Mazhavils.com)

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Which Part of the Brain Makes People Religious? | Religion for Breakfast

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February 2025: Suryapet, India Devotees enact scenes from Hindu epics at the Lingamanthula Swamy temple during a Hindu pilgrimage called the Peddagattu Jatara Photograph: Mahesh Kumar A/AP

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Visions of the End of the World | Crash Course Religions #22

It’s the end of the world as we know it. Or is it? In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we explore end-of-the-world predictions across time and faith traditions. It turns out that, more often than not, those predictions have been more about a group’s present problems than any future calamity.

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What Does Race Have to Do with Religion? | Crash Course Religions #21

While race and religion may seem separate, they are inextricably linked. In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we’ll unpack racism’s roots in religious colonialism, its presence in Indigenous boarding schools, and its effects on our world today.

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Hindu devotees participate in a procession to mark Shivaratri, or the night of Shiva, a festival dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020.  Shiva is the Hindu god of death and destruction. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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Many Names of Shiva Happy Maha Shivratri. Here are some of the many names of Shiva. How many names do you know? Tell us in the comments below. This beautiful postcard comes with our celebratory Shiva Collection out this Mahashivratri. Visit to order now! The Special Shiva Collection

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Sadhus inside the Pashupathinath Temple, Kathmandu Skanda Gautam wrote : A Sadhu or religious man, the devotees of Lord Shiva strike a pose between the holy shrines inside the Pashupathinath Temple premise in Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, February 19, 2020. With only a few days left for the Maha Shivaratri festival Sadhus from all over India and Nepal have gradually started to arrive at the temple premise for the celebration. (via Instagram: Skanda Gautam)

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Mahashivratri - Vile Parle, Mumbai, India Devotees offer prayers to Lord Shiva at a temple in Vile Parle on the occasion of Shivaji Jayanti and Maha Shivratri in Mumbai on Friday. Express photo by Amit Chakravarty (via Instagram: The Indian Express)

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Pilgrims hold up their saris to dry after a holy dip at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers during Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, Sunday, Feb.16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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Hindu devotees wait to enter a temple to offer prayers during Shivratri, or Shiva’s night festival, in Lucknow, India, Thursday, March 11, 2021. Shivaratri, or the night of Shiva, is dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of death and destruction. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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A Hindu holy man offer prayers at a shivling, a representation of Hindu god Shiva, during Shivaratri festival at Keesaragutta, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Shivaratri, or the night of Shiva, is dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of death and destruction. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A)