{"id":3265,"date":"2016-03-07T10:19:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T10:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=3262&amp;preview_id=3262"},"modified":"2016-03-07T10:19:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T10:19:58","slug":"indian-president-observes-maha-shivratri-in-rashtrapati-bhawan-pm-greets-nation-on-the-occasion-hindu-existence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=3265","title":{"rendered":"Indian President observes Maha Shivratri in Rashtrapati Bhawan, PM greets Nation on the occasion. | Hindu Existence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-22927\">\n<div id=\"single\">\n<div id=\"attachment_22928\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<div id=\"attachment_22928\" style=\"width: 557px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hinduexistence.org\/2016\/03\/08\/indian-president-observes-maha-shivratri-in-rashtrapati-bhawan-pm-greets-nation-on-the-occasion\/147_sm8_3914\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22928\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22928\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22928\" src=\"https:\/\/hinduexistence.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/03\/147_sm8_3914.jpg?w=547&amp;h=365\" alt=\"The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee visiting PBG Mandir on the occasion of Maha Shivratri at President's Estate on March 7, 2016.\" width=\"547\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee visiting PBG Mandir on the occasion of Maha Shivratri at President\u2019s Estate on March 7, 2016.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><em>Perhaps, President Mukherjee is the first person who\u00a0observes Maha Shivratri in Rashtrapati Bhawan complex.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Indian\u00a0President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended\u00a0their revered greetings to the people on Mahashivratri.<\/p>\n<p>Mahashivratri , celebrated annually in reverence of Lord Shiva, falls on the 13th night and 14th day of Phalguna month \u00a0as per Hindu almanac.<\/p>\n<p>While PM Modi tweeted, \u201c\u092e\u0939\u093e\u0936\u093f\u0935\u0930\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093f \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0926\u093f\u0915 \u0936\u0941\u092d\u0915\u093e\u092e\u0928\u093e\u090f\u0902\u0964 Maha Shivratri greetings to everyone\u201d, the President Mukherjee maintained a day fasting until he offered water on the Shivalinga in the Shiva Temple in the Rashtrapati Bhawan complex. President Mukherjee seeks blessings of Lord Shiva for the prosperity on the Nation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hinduexistence.org\/2016\/03\/08\/indian-president-observes-maha-shivratri-in-rashtrapati-bhawan-pm-greets-nation-on-the-occasion\/pm-modi-tweets-on-mahashivratri\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22929\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22929\" src=\"https:\/\/hinduexistence.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/03\/pm-modi-tweets-on-mahashivratri.jpg?w=547\" alt=\"Pm Modi Tweets on Mahashivratri\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Rashtrapati Bhawan website published the picture of\u00a0President Mukherjee worshiping on Mahashivratri.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Shri Mukherjee is the first president of India who celebrated Maha Shivratri in Rashtrapati Bhawan (President\u2019s House), as per record.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s first president Babu Rajendra Prasad inaugurated and took part in the \u2018<em>prana pratistha\u2019<\/em> (making alive the deity) in the renovated Somnath Temple in Gujarat on 11 May, 1951. But, it is not known whether he worshiped in the Shiva Temple in Rashtrapati Bhawan on any Maha Shivratri.<\/p>\n<div id=\"jp-post-flair\" class=\"sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div id=\"like-post-wrapper-9286105-22927-56e53e7fc87d4\" class=\"sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/hinduexistence.org\/2016\/03\/07\/indian-president-observes-maha-shivratri-in-rashtrapati-bhawan-pm-greets-nation-on-the-occasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indian President observes Maha Shivratri in Rashtrapati Bhawan, PM greets Nation on the occasion. | Hindu Existence<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps, President Mukherjee is the first person who\u00a0observes Maha Shivratri in Rashtrapati Bhawan complex. Indian\u00a0President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended\u00a0their revered greetings to the people on Mahashivratri. Mahashivratri , celebrated annually in reverence of Lord Shiva, falls on the 13th night and 14th day of Phalguna month \u00a0as per Hindu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3265"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}