RUDRASENA FOUNDATION MAHASHIVARATHRI CELEBRATION 2014 All these legends signify that this day is the favourite day of Lord Shiva and also throw light on the greatness of GOD Shiva and his supremacy over all other Hindu Gods and Goddesses. According to another legend of Samudra manthan , Shiva saved the world from the disastrous effects of a poison that emerged as a by product of churning of sea (Samudra manthan), by consuming whole of it. Shiva could arrest the poison in his throat by his Yogic powers and it could not go down his body. His neck turned blue due to effect of poison on his throat and henceforth he is also called as Neela Kantha or The blue Throated. Very early morning, Shiva temples are flocked by devotees, young and old, who come to perform the traditional Shivalinga worship (puja) and hence hope for favours from the God. Devotees bathe at sunrise, preferably in