Festival · one night
Mahashivratri
The night of Shiva, kept the way it has always been kept here: chanting, meditation, and staying awake together until morning.
The night itself
Staying awake with Shiva
Mahashivratri is a vigil. The practice runs through the night in rounds of chanting, meditation and abhishekam, and the point is simply to remain — awake, and present, while everyone around you does the same.
Gokarna is a Shiva town, and the Atmalinga at Mahabaleshwar temple is a few kilometres away, so the whole area keeps this night. Guests staying at the ashram are welcome to join whatever part of it they can manage.
- Chanting and meditation through the night
- Abhishekam and havan
- Open to guests staying at the ashram
- Come for part of the night if not all of it
When it runs
Dates
Scheduled dates are kept on one page, so they are never out of step here. If nothing is listed, write to us and we will arrange it.
Come and practise
Enquire about Mahashivratri
Tell us when you would like to come and what you have practised before, and Swamiji will tell you whether this is the right course for you.