ShivaRatri at the Hare Krishna Temple:
(photos by Justin Twyford)

In "Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead" it is stated that sometimes the Vaisnava's, devotees of Lord Krishna, observe the occasion of Shiva Ratri and despite the cold weather on Thursday evening, hundreds turned out to celebrate this occasion to honor Lord Krishna's foremost devotee.


The evening began with a discourse on who Lord Shiva is in relation to Lord Krishna along with some of his pastimes and the meaning of some of his many names.


Perhaps the highlight of the evening, a dance duo with our Jalangi Cox held the audience spellbound by the beautiful dance performance.


Lord Shiva was shown respect by the offering of flowers by many of the guests who rushed forward to get his darshan.


The Shiva Lingam Abhisheka (bathing) in the outside Pandal was accompanied by melodious chanting as the crowd congested to get some mercy by Lord Shiva and Lord Krishna.


The guests appeared very pleased and spiritually uplifted as they concluded their evening of devotion by honoring a full feast of Krishna Prasadam.

bathing Shiva Lingam is part of the observance on ShivaRatri

Jalangi & Rajgeeta dance duo was the highlight of the evenng


An eager crowd turned out for this year's Shiva Ratri celebration


devotees came forward to offer their respects to Lord Shiva,
Krishna's foremost bhakta