PICS: Devotees Gear Up to Celebrate Maha Shivratri 2020

Devotees perform rituals on a shivling, an idol symbolic of Lord Shiva at a temple on the eve of the Maha Shivratri festival in Amritsar. (Image: AFP)

A sadhu applies paint on his face near the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu. (Image: AFP)

Devotees offer prayers at a temple on the eve of the Maha Shivratri festival in Amritsar. (Image: AFP)

A sadhu performs a ritual ahead of the Maha Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu. (Image: AFP)

Pilgrims leave the Durgiana Temple after paying their respects on their way to reach the Katas Raj Temples to celebrate Maha Shivratri festival, in Amritsar. (Image: AFP)

Devotees pour water and milk over a shivling at a temple on the eve of the Maha Shivratri festival in Amritsar. (Image: AFP)

Sadhus take part in a religious procession ahead of Maha Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu. (Image: AFP)

Devotees pour water over a shivling at a temple on the eve of the Maha Shivratri festival in Amritsar. (Image: AFP)

A sadhu wearing a protective facemask poses for photographs ahead of Maha Shivaratri in Kathmandu. (Image: AFP)

Pilgrims leave the Durgiana Temple after paying their respects on their way to reach the Katas Raj Temples to celebrate Maha Shivratri festival, in Amritsar. (Image: AFP)

Sadhus arrive to take part in a religious procession ahead of Maha Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu. (Image: AFP)

Devotees pour water and milk over a shivling at a temple on the eve of the Maha Shivratri festival in Amritsar. (Image: AFP)

Sadhus perform morning rituals at the courtyard of Pashupati temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Image: AP)

A boy smeared in ash gets ready for his morning prayers at the courtyard of Pashupati temple in Kathmandu. (Image: AP)

Devotees arrive to offer prayers at Pashupati temple in Kathmandu. (Image: AP)

A sadhu performs morning rituals at the courtyard of Pashupati temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Image: AP)