Thousands of people offered prayers at various temples across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on Monday to mark Mahashivratri amid tight security arrangements.
In view of intelligence reports of the possibility of a terror strike on this festive occasion, tight security arrangements could be noticed around temples at various places.
lord Shiva temples were specially decorated for the occasion as people began thronging these places since Sunday night.
At the Shiv Temple at Saketri in Haryana's Panchkula town, adjoining Chandigarh, thousands of devotees queued up to offer prayers.
People thronged temples in Amritsar, ludhiana, Patiala, Jalandhar and other places in Punjab and in Ambala, Hisar, Karnal, Panipat and Kurukshetra in Haryana.