Aurangabadkars celebrated Mahashivratri by distributing milk to the needy

margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normalMahashivratri, one of the important festivals in the year in honour of

Lord Shiva

was recently celebrated across India. However, some of the Aurangabadkars celebrated it a distinctive manner.Celebration of Mahashivratri includes pouring

milk

on the linga, however, most of them did not pour milk for the celebration as it goes down the drain. Instead, various members of city-based NGOs continued their annual Mahashivratri tradition by saving hundreds of litres of milk poured on the Shiv Linga from being wasted. After collecting the milk, they distributed it to children’s homes, poor and strays. By doing so, they set a big example for devotees who waste milk instead of distributing to the needy.