Pano simuli nokha
Ndipo ndili ku Delhi. Ndikuchoka pabwalo la ndege, ndikupuma mpweya wotentha, woipitsidwa wa metropolis ndipo ndimamva kudikirira kwambiri kuchokera kwa oyendetsa taxi okhala ndi zikwangwani m'manja mwawo, atatambasulidwa mwamphamvu m'mipanda. Sindikuwona dzina langa, ngakhale ndidabwereka galimoto kuhotelo. Kuchokera ku eyapoti kupita pakati pa likulu la India, mzinda wa New Delhi, ndikosavuta: kusankha kwanu ndi taxi ndi metro (zoyera komanso zosamalidwa bwino). Panjira yapansi panthaka, ulendowu utenga pafupifupi mphindi 30, pagalimoto - pafupifupi ola limodzi, kutengera kuchuluka kwa magalimoto m'misewu.
Ndinali wotopa kuona mzindawu, choncho ndinasankha taxi. Dalaivalayo adakhala chete ndipo adakhala chete mwa njira yaku Europe. Pafupifupi popanda kupanikizana kwa magalimoto, tinathamangira ku Main Bazaar, pafupi ndi kumene hotelo yomwe ndinalangizidwa kwa ine inali. Msewu wotchuka uwu nthawi ina unasankhidwa ndi ma hippies. Apa n'zosavuta kupeza njira yabwino kwambiri yopangira nyumba, komanso kumva moyo wowoneka bwino wakum'mawa kwa bazaar. Imayamba m’bandakucha, kutuluka kwa dzuŵa, ndipo siimaima, mwina mpaka pakati pausiku. Malo aliwonse pano, kupatula njira yopapatiza yoyenda pansi, amakhala ndi malo ogulitsira ndi zikumbutso, zovala, chakudya, zinthu zapakhomo ndi zakale.
Dalaivala anazungulira tinjira topapatiza kwa nthawi yaitali mu khamu logontha la rickshaws, ogula, njinga, ng'ombe, njinga ndi magalimoto, ndipo potsiriza anaima ndi mawu akuti: "Ndiyeno muyenera kuyenda - galimoto sidzadutsa pano. Ili pafupi ndi mapeto a msewu.” Nditaona kuti chinachake sichili bwino, ndinaganiza zoti ndisachite zinthu ngati mtsikana wosokonezeka ndipo ndinanyamula chikwama changa n’kusanzika. Inde, kunalibe hotelo kumapeto kwa msewu.
Munthu wakhungu loyera ku Delhi sangathe kudutsa mphindi imodzi popanda woperekeza. Odutsa mwachidwi nthawi yomweyo anayamba kundiyandikira, kundithandiza komanso kudziwana. Mmodzi wa iwo anandiperekeza mokoma mtima ku ofesi yodziwitsa alendo ndipo analonjeza kuti adzandipatsadi mapu aulere ndi kufotokoza njira. Ndili m’chipinda chotsikidwa ndi utsi, ndinakumana ndi wantchito waubwenzi amene, monyodola, anandiuza kuti hotelo imene ndinasankhayo inali m’dera la zisakasa kumene kunali kosayenera kukhalamo. Atatsegula mawebusayiti a mahotela okwera mtengo, sanazengereze kutsatsa zipinda zapamwamba m'malo otchuka. Mwachangu ndinalongosola kuti ndimadalira malingaliro a anzanga ndipo, mosavutikira, ndinadutsa mumsewu. Operekeza otsatira adapezeka kuti sanali ochita malonda ngati omwe adawatsogolera, ndipo adandibweretsa m'misewu yopanda zinyalala molunjika kuchitseko cha hoteloyo.
Hoteloyo idakhala yabwino kwambiri ndipo, malinga ndi malingaliro aku India a ukhondo, malo okonzedwa bwino. Kuchokera pakhonde lotseguka lomwe lili pamwamba, komwe kuli malo odyera ang'onoang'ono, munthu amatha kusilira mawonekedwe okongola a madenga a Delhi, komwe, monga mukudziwa, anthu amakhalanso. Mutakhala m'dziko lino, mumamvetsetsa momwe mungagwiritsire ntchito danga mwachuma komanso mosasamala.
Ndili ndi njala pambuyo pa ndege, mosasamala ndinayitanitsa zokazinga, falafel ndi khofi. Kukula kwa magawo a mbale kunali kodabwitsa. Khofi wa nthawi yomweyo anatsanuliridwa mowolowa manja m'galasi lalitali, pafupi ndi ilo pa mbale yaikulu panali supuni ya "khofi", yofanana ndi chipinda chodyeramo kukula kwake. Zimakhala chinsinsi kwa ine chifukwa chake m'malesitilanti ambiri ku Delhi, khofi wotentha ndi tiyi amaledzera pamagalasi. Komabe, ndinadya chakudya chamadzulo awiri.
Madzulo, nditatopa, ndinayesera kupeza chivundikiro cha duvet m'chipindacho, kapena pepala lowonjezera, koma pachabe. Ndinayenera kudziphimba ndi bulangeti laukhondo wokayikitsa, chifukwa pofika usiku kunayamba kuzizira kwambiri. Kunja kwa zenera, ngakhale kuti inali nthawi yakumapeto, magalimoto anapitiriza kulira ndipo oyandikana nawo ankacheza mwaphokoso, koma ndinali nditayamba kale kukonda kumverera uku kwa kachulukidwe ka moyo.
Selfie gulu
M’mawa wanga woyamba ku likulu la dzikoli ndinayamba ulendo wokaona malo. Bungwe loyang'anira maulendo linanditsimikizira kuti ukhala ulendo wa maola 8 kupita kumadera onse ochititsa chidwi ndi kumasulira m'Chingelezi.
Basi siinafike nthawi yomwe idakonzedwa. Pambuyo pa mphindi 10-15 (ku India, nthawi ino sikuchedwa kuchedwa), Mmwenye wovala bwino mu malaya ndi jeans anabwera kwa ine - wothandizira wotsogolera. Malinga ndi zomwe ndawonera, kwa amuna aku India, malaya aliwonse amawonedwa ngati chizindikiro cha kalembedwe kachitidwe. Nthawi yomweyo, zilibe kanthu kuti akuphatikizidwa ndi chiyani - ndi ma jeans omenyedwa, Aladdin kapena thalauza.
Mnzanga watsopanoyo ananditsogolera ku malo osonkhanira a gululo, ndikumayendayenda pakati pa khamu la anthu ndi mphamvu zauzimu. Titadutsa misewu ingapo, tinafika pa basi yakale yothamanga kwambiri, yomwe inandikumbutsa bwinobwino za ubwana wanga wa ku Soviet Union. Ndinapatsidwa malo aulemu kutsogolo. Pamene kanyumbako kanadzadza ndi alendo odzaona malo, ndinazindikira mowonjezereka kuti sipadzakhala Mzungu m’gululi kupatulapo ine. Mwina sindikadakhala ndi chidwi ndi izi ngati sikunali patali, ndikumwetulira kwa aliyense amene adakwera basi. Ndi mawu oyamba a bukhuli, ndinazindikira kuti sindikanatha kuphunzira china chatsopano paulendowu - wotsogolerayo sanavutike ndi kumasulira mwatsatanetsatane, ndikungolankhula mwachidule mu Chingerezi. Izi sizinandikhumudwitse ngakhale pang'ono, chifukwa ndinali ndi mwayi wopita ku maulendo a "anthu anga", osati kufunafuna anthu a ku Ulaya.
Poyamba, anthu onse a m’gululo ndiponso wonditsogolerayo ankandisamalira mosamala kwambiri. Koma kale pa chinthu chachiwiri - pafupi ndi nyumba za boma - wina adafunsa mwamanyazi:
- Madam, nditha kukhala ndi selfie? Ndinavomera ndikumwetulira. Ndipo timapita.
Pambuyo pa mphindi 2-3 zokha, anthu onse 40 a m’gulu lathu anaima pamzere mofulumira kuti ajambule ndi mzungu, chimene chikalingaliridwa kukhala chozizwitsa ku India. Wotsogolera wathu, yemwe poyamba adayang'ana mwakachetechete ndondomekoyi, posakhalitsa adatenga bungwe ndikuyamba kupereka malangizo a momwe angaimirire komanso pa nthawi yoti amwetulire. Chithunzicho chinatsagana ndi mafunso okhudza dziko limene ndinachokera ndiponso chifukwa chimene ndinali kuyenda ndekha. Nditaphunzira kuti dzina langa ndine Light, chisangalalo cha anzanga atsopano sichinali malire:
-Ndi dzina lachimwenye*!
Tsikuli linali lotanganidwa komanso losangalatsa. Pamalo alionse, anthu a m’gulu lathu ankaonetsetsa kuti ndisasochere ndipo ankaumirira kuti andilipirire chakudya chamasana. Ndipo ngakhale pali kusokonekera koyipa kwa magalimoto, kuchedwa kosalekeza kwa pafupifupi mamembala onse agululo komanso chifukwa cha izi, tinalibe nthawi yoti tipite ku Gandhi Museum ndi Red Ford tisanatseke, ndikukumbukira ulendowu ndikuthokoza chifukwa cha izi. nthawi yayitali ikubwera.
Delhi-Haridwar-Rishikesh
Tsiku lotsatira ndinayenera kupita ku Rishikesh. Kuchokera ku Delhi, mutha kupita ku likulu la yoga ndi taxi, basi ndi sitima. Palibe kulumikizana kwa njanji mwachindunji pakati pa Delhi ndi Rishikesh, kotero okwera nthawi zambiri amapita ku Haridwar, komwe amasamutsira taxi, rickshaw kapena basi kupita ku Rikishesh. Ngati mwaganiza zogula tikiti ya sitima, ndizosavuta kuchita izi pasadakhale. Mudzafunika nambala yafoni yaku India kuti mupeze nambala. Pankhaniyi, ndikwanira kulembera imelo adilesi yomwe ikuwonetsedwa patsambalo ndikufotokozera momwe zinthu ziliri - nambalayo idzatumizidwa kwa inu ndi makalata.
Malinga ndi malangizo a anthu odziwa zambiri, ndi bwino kukwera basi ngati njira yomaliza - ndi yotetezeka komanso yotopetsa.
Popeza ndinkakhala m’chigawo cha Paharganj ku Delhi, zinali zotheka kupita ku siteshoni ya sitima yapafupi, New Delhi, ndikuyenda wapansi m’mphindi 15. Paulendo wonsewo, ndinazindikira kuti ndizovuta kutayika m'mizinda ikuluikulu ya India. Aliyense wodutsa (ndipo makamaka wantchito) adzafotokoza mokondwera njira kwa mlendo. Mwachitsanzo, pobwerera kale, apolisi omwe anali pantchito yapasiteshoni sanangondiuza mwatsatanetsatane momwe ndingapitire papulatifomu, komanso adandiyang'ana pakapita nthawi kuti andidziwitse kuti pakhala kusintha. ndondomeko.
Ndinapita ku Haridwar pa sitima ya Shatabdi Express (CC class **). Malinga ndi malingaliro a anthu odziwa zambiri, mayendedwe amtunduwu ndi otetezeka komanso omasuka kwambiri. Tinadya kangapo paulendowu, ndipo mndandandawu unaphatikizapo zamasamba komanso, zakudya zamasamba.
Msewu wopita ku Haridwar unadutsa mosadziŵika. Kunja kwa mazenera amatope munali zinyumba zomangidwa ndi nsanza, makatoni ndi matabwa. Sadhus, gypsies, amalonda, asilikali ankhondo - Sindikanatha kudzimva kuti ndi zenizeni za zomwe zinali kuchitika, ngati kuti ndagwera mu Middle Ages ndi oyendayenda, olota ndi achinyengo. M’sitimamo, ndinakumana ndi manijala wachichepere wa ku India, Tarun, amene anali paulendo wopita ku Rishikesh paulendo wamalonda. Ndinapezerapo mwayi ndikudzipereka kuti ndikwere taxi kwa awiri. Mnyamatayo mwamsanga anakambirana ndi rickshaw kuti agule mtengo weniweni, osati wa alendo. Ali m'njira, adandifunsa maganizo anga pa ndondomeko za Putin, veganism ndi kutentha kwa dziko. Zinapezeka kuti mnzanga watsopano amakhala mlendo pafupipafupi ku Rishikesh. Atafunsidwa ngati amachita yoga, Tarun adangomwetulira ndikuyankha kuti ... amachita masewera olimbitsa thupi pano!
- Kusambira kwa Alpine, rafting, kulumpha kwa bungee. Kodi inunso mudzakumana nazo? Mmwenye uja anafunsa mwachidwi.
“N’zokayikitsa, ndinadzera chinachake chosiyana kotheratu,” ndinayesa kufotokoza.
- Kusinkhasinkha, mantras, Babaji? Tarun anaseka.
Ndinaseka mosokonezeka poyankha, chifukwa sindinali wokonzeka kusintha koteroko ndikuganiza za kuchuluka kwa zinthu zomwe ndikuyembekezera m'dziko lino.
Kusanzikana ndi mnzanga wapaulendo pachipata cha ashram, ndikupuma pang'ono, ndinalowa mkati ndikulunjika ku nyumba yozungulira yoyera.
Rishikesh: pafupi pang'ono ndi Mulungu
Pambuyo pa Delhi, Rishikesh, makamaka gawo lake la alendo, akuwoneka ngati malo ophatikizana komanso aukhondo. Pali alendo ambiri pano, omwe anthu am'deralo pafupifupi salabadira. Mwina chinthu choyamba chomwe chimasangalatsa alendo ndi milatho yotchuka ya Ram Jhula ndi Lakshman Jhula. Iwo ndi yopapatiza ndithu, koma nthawi yomweyo, oyendetsa njinga, oyenda pansi ndi ng'ombe n'zosadabwitsa kugunda pa iwo. Rishikesh ili ndi akachisi ambiri omwe ali otsegukira alendo: Trayambakeshwar, Swarg Niwas, Parmarth Niketan, Lakshmana, nyumba ya Gita Bhavan ... Lamulo lokhalo la malo onse oyera ku India ndikuvula nsapato musanalowe ndipo, inde , osasiya zopereka J
Ponena za zowoneka za Rishikesh, munthu sangalephere kutchula Beatles Ashram kapena Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ashram, wopanga njira ya Transcendental Meditation. Mutha kulowa pano ndi matikiti okha. Malowa akupanga chidwi chodabwitsa: nyumba zogumuka zokwiriridwa m'nkhalango, kachisi wamkulu wamkulu wazomangamanga modabwitsa, nyumba za ovoid zosinkhasinkha zobalalika mozungulira, ma cell okhala ndi makoma okhuthala ndi mazenera ang'onoang'ono. Pano mukhoza kuyenda kwa maola ambiri, kumvetsera mbalame ndikuyang'ana pazithunzithunzi zojambulidwa pamakoma. Pafupifupi nyumba iliyonse imakhala ndi uthenga - zithunzi, mawu ochokera ku nyimbo za Liverpool Four, luntha la wina - zonsezi zimapangitsa kuti anthu aziganizanso bwino za nthawi ya 60s.
Mukakhala ku Rishikesh, mumamvetsetsa nthawi yomweyo zomwe ma hippies, beatnik ndi ofunafuna adabwera kuno. Apa mzimu waufulu ukulamulira mumlengalenga momwemo. Ngakhale popanda ntchito yambiri, mumayiwala za mayendedwe ovuta omwe amasankhidwa mu metropolis, ndipo, willy-nilly, mumayamba kumva mtundu wina wa mgwirizano wachimwemwe wopanda mitambo ndi omwe akuzungulirani ndi chilichonse chomwe chimakuchitikirani. Pano mungathe kuyandikira aliyense wodutsa, funsani momwe mukuchitira, kambiranani za chikondwerero cha yoga chomwe chikubwera ndikugawana ndi abwenzi abwino, kotero kuti tsiku lotsatira mudzawolokanso potsikira ku Ganges. Sizopanda pake kuti onse omwe amabwera ku India, makamaka ku Himalaya, mwadzidzidzi amazindikira kuti zofuna pano zimakwaniritsidwa mofulumira kwambiri, ngati kuti wina akukutsogolerani ndi dzanja. Chinthu chachikulu ndikukhala ndi nthawi yowapanga molondola. Ndipo lamulo ili limagwira ntchito - ndikuyesedwa ndekha.
Ndipo mfundo ina yofunika. Ku Rishikesh, sindiwopa kupanga izi, anthu onse ndi osadya zamasamba. Osachepera, aliyense amene amabwera kuno amangokakamizika kusiya zinthu zachiwawa, chifukwa simupeza nyama ndi mbale m'masitolo am'deralo ndi zakudya. Komanso, pali zakudya zambiri zanyama zakutchire pano, zomwe zimatsimikiziridwa momveka bwino ndi ma tag amtengo: "Kuphika kwa Zamasamba", "Vegan Cafe", "Vegan Masala", ndi zina zotero.
Yoga
Ngati mukupita ku Rishikesh kukachita yoga, ndiye kuti ndibwino kusankha arsham pasadakhale, komwe mungakhale ndikuchita. Zina mwazo simungathe kuyimitsa popanda kuyitanidwa, koma palinso anthu omwe zimakhala zosavuta kukambirana nawo nthawi yomweyo kusiyana ndi kulowa m'makalata aatali kudzera pa intaneti. Khalani okonzekera karma yoga (mukhoza kuperekedwa kuti akuthandizeni kuphika, kuyeretsa ndi ntchito zina zapakhomo). Ngati mukukonzekera kuphatikiza makalasi ndi maulendo, ndiye kuti ndikosavuta kupeza malo ogona ku Rishikesh ndikubwera ku ashram yapafupi kapena sukulu yokhazikika ya yoga yamakalasi osiyana. Kuphatikiza apo, zikondwerero za yoga ndi masemina angapo nthawi zambiri zimachitika ku Rishikesh - mudzawona zolengeza za zochitika izi pachipilala chilichonse.
Ndinasankha Himalayan Yoga Academy, yomwe imayang'ana kwambiri anthu a ku Ulaya ndi ku Russia. Maphunziro onse apa amamasuliridwa mu Russian. Makalasi amachitika tsiku lililonse, kupatula Lamlungu, kuyambira 6.00 mpaka 19.00 ndi nthawi yopuma kadzutsa, nkhomaliro ndi chakudya chamadzulo. Sukuluyi idapangidwira iwo omwe asankha kupeza satifiketi ya mlangizi, komanso aliyense.
Ngati tifanizira njira yophunzirira komanso luso la kuphunzitsa, ndiye kuti chinthu choyamba chomwe mumakumana nacho pamakalasi ndi mfundo yokhazikika. Palibe zovuta za acrobatic asanas mpaka mutadziwa zoyambira ndikumvetsetsa ntchito ya minofu iliyonse mu pose. Ndipo si mawu okha. Sitinaloledwa kuchita asanas ambiri opanda midadada ndi malamba. Titha kupereka theka la phunzirolo kuti ligwirizane ndi Galu Wotsika yekha, ndipo nthawi iliyonse timaphunzira china chatsopano pa izi. Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, tinaphunzitsidwa kusintha kapumidwe kathu, kugwiritsa ntchito bandhas mu asana iliyonse, ndi kugwira ntchito mosamala mu phunziro lonse. Koma uwu ndi mutu wa nkhani ina. Ngati muyesa kubwereza zomwe zachitika mlungu uliwonse, ndiye kuti pambuyo pake mumamvetsetsa kuti chilichonse, ngakhale chovuta kwambiri, chimatheka kudzera muzochita zomangidwa bwino komanso kuti ndikofunikira kuvomereza thupi lanu momwe lilili.
Bwererani
Ndinabwerera ku Delhi madzulo a tchuthi cha Shiva - Maha Shivaratri **. Nditakwera galimoto ku Haridwar m’bandakucha, ndinadabwa kuti mzindawo sunali kugona. Zounikira zamitundu yambiri zinali kuyaka pampanda ndi misewu yayikulu, wina akuyenda m'mphepete mwa Ganges, wina akumaliza kukonzekera komaliza kwa tchuthi.
Ku likulu, ndinali ndi theka la tsiku kuti ndigule mphatso zotsalazo ndikuwona zomwe ndinalibe nthawi yoti ndiziwone komaliza. Tsoka ilo, tsiku langa lomaliza loyenda lidagwa Lolemba, ndipo patsikuli malo osungiramo zinthu zakale komanso akachisi ena ku Delhi atsekedwa.
Kenaka, pa uphungu wa ogwira ntchito ku hotelo, ndinatenga rickshaw yoyamba yomwe ndinakumana nayo ndipo ndinapempha kuti anditengere ku kachisi wotchuka wa Sikh - Gurdwara Bangla Sahib, womwe unali ulendo wa mphindi 10 kuchokera ku hotelo. Munthu wokwera njingayo anasangalala kwambiri kuti ndinasankha njira imeneyi, ndipo anandiuza kuti ndidziikire ndekha mtengo wake, n’kundifunsa ngati ndiyenera kupita kwinakwake. Kotero ndinakwanitsa kukwera madzulo ku Delhi. Risholiyo anali wachifundo kwambiri, anasankha malo abwino kwambiri ojambulira zithunzi ndipo anapempha kuti andijambule ndikuyendetsa galimoto yake.
Kodi ndinu okondwa, bwenzi langa? Anafunsabe. – Ndine wokondwa mukakhala okondwa. Pali malo ambiri okongola ku Delhi.
Chakumapeto kwa tsikulo, pamene ndinali kulingalira m’maganizo kuti mayendedwe odabwitsawa angandiwonongere ndalama zingati, wonditsogolerayo mwadzidzidzi anadzipereka kuti ayime pafupi ndi shopu yake yokumbukira zinthu. Njingayo sinalowe nkomwe m’shopu “yake,” koma inangotsegula chitseko kwa ine ndi kubwerera mofulumira kumalo oimikapo magalimoto. Nditasokonezeka, ndinayang’ana m’katimo ndipo ndinazindikira kuti ndinali m’modzi mwa mahotela apamwamba a alendo odzaona malo. Ku Delhi, ndakumanapo kale ndi obwebweta mumsewu omwe amagwira alendo osokonekera ndikuwawonetsa njira yopita kumalo akuluakulu ogulitsa ndi katundu wabwino komanso wokwera mtengo. njinga yanga inali imodzi mwa izo. Nditagula masikhafu angapo aku India monga zikomo chifukwa cha ulendo wabwino, ndinabwerera kuhotelo yanga nditakhutira.
Maloto a Sumit
Ndili kale m'ndege, pamene ndinali kuyesera kufotokoza mwachidule zochitika zonse ndi chidziwitso chomwe ndinapeza, Mmwenye wachichepere wa zaka pafupifupi 17 anatembenukira kwa ine mwadzidzidzi, atakhala pampando wapafupi:
- Ichi ndi chilankhulo cha Russia? Adafunsa akundilozera pagawo langa lotseguka.
Anayambanso mnzanga wina wa ku India. Mnzanga wapaulendo adadziwonetsa kuti ndi Sumit, adakhala wophunzira kusukulu yachipatala ya Belgorod University. Paulendo wonse wa pandege, Sumit anafotokoza momveka bwino za mmene amakondera Russia, ndipo inenso ndinavomereza kuti ndimakonda India.
Sumit akuphunzira m'dziko lathu chifukwa maphunziro ku India ndi okwera mtengo kwambiri - ma rupees 6 miliyoni panthawi yonse yophunzira. Nthawi yomweyo, pali malo ochepa omwe amathandizidwa ndi boma m'mayunivesite. Ku Russia, maphunziro adzawononga banja lake pafupifupi 2 miliyoni.
Sumit maloto oyendayenda ku Russia ndikuphunzira Chirasha. Atamaliza maphunziro awo ku yunivesite, mnyamatayo akubwerera kwawo kuti akathandize anthu. Iye akufuna kukhala dokotala wa opaleshoni ya mtima.
“Ndikapeza ndalama zokwanira, ndidzatsegula sukulu ya ana ochokera m’mabanja osauka,” akuvomereza motero Sumit. - Ndili wotsimikiza kuti m'zaka 5-10 India adzatha kuthana ndi chiwerengero chochepa cha kuwerenga ndi kulemba, zinyalala zapakhomo komanso kusatsatira malamulo oyambirira a ukhondo. Tsopano m'dziko lathu pali mapulogalamu omwe akulimbana ndi mavutowa.
Ndimamvetsera Sumit ndikumwetulira. Kuzindikira kumabadwa m'moyo wanga kuti ndili panjira yoyenera ngati tsoka limandipatsa mwayi woyenda ndikukakumana ndi anthu odabwitsa chonchi.
* Ku India, kuli dzina lakuti Shweta, koma katchulidwe ka mawu akuti “s” amamvekanso kwa iwo. Mawu akuti "Shvet" amatanthauza mtundu woyera, komanso "chiyero" ndi "ukhondo" mu Sanskrit.
** Tchuthi cha Mahashivaratri ku India ndi tsiku lodzipereka ndi kupembedza mulungu Shiva ndi mkazi wake Parvati, lokondweretsedwa ndi Ahindu onse a Orthodox usiku womwe usanakhale mwezi watsopano m'mwezi wachisanu wa Phalgun (tsiku "loyandama" kuyambira kumapeto kwa February. mpaka pakati pa mwezi wa March malinga ndi kalendala ya Gregory). Tchuthicho chimayamba kutuluka kwa dzuwa pa tsiku la Shivaratri ndipo chimapitirira usiku wonse m'makachisi ndi m'maguwa a nyumba, tsikuli limathera m'mapemphero, kubwereza mawu, kuimba nyimbo ndi kupembedza Shiva. Ma Shaivates amasala kudya tsiku lino, osadya kapena kumwa. Pambuyo pa kusamba kwamwambo (m'madzi opatulika a Ganges kapena mtsinje wina wopatulika), Shaivites amavala zovala zatsopano ndikuthamangira kukachisi wapafupi wa Shiva kukapereka nsembe kwa iye.