Hindu devotees gather at a temple in Mumbai to celebrate Maha Shivaratri festival

Hindu devotees queue to attend an event at the Babulnath Temple in Mumbai, India, March 10, 2013. A lot of Hindu devotees gathered at the Babulnath Temple Sunday to offer milk and flowers to celebrate the Maha Shivaratri festival. Maha Shivaratri which can be translated into “great night of Lord Shiva” marks the night when he recreated himself with divine powers. Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers to Lord Shiva and fasting.

A Hindu devotee drinks milk outside the Babulnath Temple in Mumbai, India, March 10, 2013. <Xinhua/Wang Ping>