Mahashivaratri Mahashivaratri will be celebrated across India and overdeas on Feb 17, 2015. It happens to be the birthday as well as the wedding say of Lord Shiva, one of the Trinities in Indian mythology. Lord Shiva stands for permanence (sanatan or shaswat) and is the Lord who swallowed poison to save the creatio, therefore called Neelakantha. https://www.boloji.com/articles/48502/mahashivaratri