Sivarathri
Shivoham, Shivoham―was the exclamation that rose from the souls that knew the Truth in a flash of illumination, after long years of cleansing the mind through the process of thapas (penance). I am Siva; Siva am I―Though denoted by many names and recognised in many forms, the Divine Principle is One, without a second. It is Sivam and it is latent in each being, including man. Holy days are to be spent in the contemplation of this Truth and in special exercises to make oneself fully conscious of one's Divinity.
