Dharmasthala: Speaking on the occasion of Mahashivaratri penance on Monday, February 20, Dharmadhikari Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade in a spiritual discourse to devotees present on the occasion, stated that good work done with a clean mind expressing itself in works and deeds, brings a full meaning to one’s life.

It you do your duty with an honesty and dedication, it becomes a great offering to the divinity surrounding us.

Dr. Heggade inaugurated the Shiva Panchakshari(Om-Namah Shivaya) reading and reciting programme, organised as part of the great silent holy night that Lord Shiva Values, as a devoted observance(Vratha).

It is opposite of feasting, as it involves contemplation and recitation of Lord’s name.

Dr. Heggade went on to say that body was not everything, but soul within that holds it,
has to be reached out, by penance in firm devotion.

We can win over others by agreeable pure words. But Shivaratri brings positive transformation. This alone, by way of change of conduct and speech, can take us for into the domain of God, the Dharmadhikari explained.

Mother Hemavathi V. Heggade, Hanumanthappa Swami of Bangalore, among others, were present on the precious occasion.