Ancient Shiva Temple Of Saketri

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Located about 20 km from the city of Chandigarh is a renowned historical temple called Saketri Shiva Temple. This beautifully constructed temple is wholly dedicated to Lord Shiva. This temple is thronged by large number of devotees during the occasion of Shivratri. About 5 km from this Shiva temple is the Mansa Devi temple. More than thousands of devotees target this shrine on Shivratri day to obtain the blessings of Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva is one among the gods in Hindu trinity of the great Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. On this concept, Brahma is known to be the creator, Vishnu is known as preserver and Shiva is known to be destroyer. Shiva was basically known as tribal lord during Indus Valley Civilization, even before the notion of Vishnu or Brahma came to existence. Lord Shiva is referred to be eternal and boundless. The famous Mahashivratri festival is known to be celebrated in honor of God Shiva, the third lord in the Hindu Trinity. This festival is celebrated annually on 14th night of new moon at the dark half month of Phalguna. During this period, celebrations take place all over the country. All over the country, people keep fasting and perform ritual prayers during night time. There is a belief that Parvati enquired Shiva as which vrata is considered to be the best to acquire maximum puniya and also his bhakti, Shiva replied her referring this auspicious day. During this period of Mahashivratri, Lord Shiva will be given bath with five sacred products of cow, commonly known as panchagavya-butter, milk, urine, sour milk and cow dung. Followed by this, the five types of food items which are known to symbolize immortality like curd, clarified butter, milk, sugar and honey are offered to Shivlinga.