Tomorrow, August 11, is Shravan Shivratri, an especially holy day. It’s more than the monthly observance of Shivratri, extra blessed because it occurs in the holy month of Shravan. Shravan Shivratri differs from Maha Shivratri in what each commemorates. Maha Shivratri, which occurred this February, celebrated the wedding of Shiva-Parvati. Shravan Shivratri commemorates how Mahadev drank the world-destroying poison that rose in the Samudra Manthan, the ‘Churning of the Milk Ocean’. Today, we identify the Kshirsagar or ‘Milk Ocean’ with the Bay of Bengal, based on our ancient name for it—Mahodadhi, meaning ‘Great Milky Ocean’, a name inspired by observing…
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