The Maha Shivaratri day
Swami Vishwananda was sixteen years old when we celebrated Maha Shivaratri in the temple in Rose-Hill, Mauritius. Almost 200 devotees had gathered there to perform the Shiva Abishekam throughout the night. On the morning of Shivaratri, a memorable incident took place. Swami’s mother noticed that the water they had put in a copper pot in Swami Vishwananda 's room had filled itself and stopped at the brim.
After a while, his father replaced the small copper pot with a larger one, and again the same thing happened – the pot filled itself and stopped at the top so the water did not overflow onto the floor. Soon the news spread, and people brought larger and larger containers, which were miraculously filled with water one after the other. The devotees present there were more focussed on filling their empty bottles to take home than on the puja itself. Swami Vishwananda then used the water to perform the Shiva Abishekam.
(by the aunty of Swami Vishwananda)
Swami Vishwananda was sixteen years old when we celebrated Maha Shivaratri in the temple in Rose-Hill, Mauritius. Almost 200 devotees had gathered there to perform the Shiva Abishekam throughout the night. On the morning of Shivaratri, a memorable incident took place. Swami’s mother noticed that the water they had put in a copper pot in Swami Vishwananda 's room had filled itself and stopped at the brim.
After a while, his father replaced the small copper pot with a larger one, and again the same thing happened – the pot filled itself and stopped at the top so the water did not overflow onto the floor. Soon the news spread, and people brought larger and larger containers, which were miraculously filled with water one after the other. The devotees present there were more focussed on filling their empty bottles to take home than on the puja itself. Swami Vishwananda then used the water to perform the Shiva Abishekam.
(by the aunty of Swami Vishwananda)
