{"id":15249,"date":"2021-03-11T14:49:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T09:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=15249"},"modified":"2021-03-11T14:49:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T09:19:23","slug":"president-kovind-pm-modi-greet-citizens-on-mahashivaratri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=15249","title":{"rendered":"President Kovind, PM Modi greet citizens on Mahashivaratri"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mvp-alp-soc-reg left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-alp-soc-wrap\">\n<p><em><strong>President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted citizens on the occasion of Mahashivaratri.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<p>\u201cBest wishes to all countrymen on the auspicious occasion of\u00a0Mahashivaratri. Celebrated as a sacred remembrance of the marriage of Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva, this festival should be beneficial for the whole of humanity,\u201d President Kovind tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said: \u201cGreetings on the special occasion of Mahashivratri. Har Har Mahadev!\u201d<br \/>\nDevotees throng Lord Shiva temples across the country and offered their prayers.<\/p>\n<p>Mahashivratri, also known as the \u2018Great night of Lord Shiva,\u2019 is a Hindu festival observed by devotees from Kashmir to Kanyakumari with much fervour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It is celebrated on the 14th day of the dark fortnight of the Magha month, as per the Hindu lunar calendar, and marks the night of the marriage of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted citizens on the occasion of Mahashivaratri. \u201cBest wishes to all countrymen on the auspicious occasion of\u00a0Mahashivaratri. Celebrated as a sacred remembrance of the marriage of Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva, this festival should be beneficial for the whole of humanity,\u201d President Kovind tweeted. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>President Kovind, PM Modi greet citizens on Mahashivaratri - Daily Taskeen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=15249\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Kovind, PM Modi greet citizens on Mahashivaratri - Daily Taskeen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted citizens on the occasion of Mahashivaratri. \u201cBest wishes to all countrymen on the auspicious occasion of\u00a0Mahashivaratri. 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