![]() ![]() ![]() The Hindu Students Organization began their evening celebration with a puja and ended with a communal dinner. “For me personally it was a time to meditate with family and friends about what you’d want to change about yourself and how to be a better person.” “Maha Shivaratri is something that I’ve grown up observing it was a special day when my family would come together, chant and reflect,” said Lasya Sreepada ’19, president of the Hindu Students Organization. According to the Yale Hindu Students Organization, it commemorates the wedding night between Shiva and Parvati, where Shiva performed the “Anandatandava,” a dance of bliss, to represent the cyclical nature of the universe. Maha Shivaratri celebrates Shiva, one of the main deities of the Hindu religion, who represents destruction, particularly destroying evil in the world. On March 4, around 30 students and community members gathered beneath Bingham Hall in celebration of Maha Shivaratri, an annual Hindu holiday.
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