Mahashiva Mahashivratri of Lord Shiva is on 21 February. Devotees of Bhole celebrate this festival with great pomp. Mahakal worship is considered the easiest. Bholenath can also be appeased with Belpatra, Dhatura and a lotus of water. The devotees worship the Shivling with these three things to make Shiva happy even on a normal day apart from Mahashivratri. It is said that Lord Shiva has been called Neelkanth in Shiva Mahapuran because of this because Lord Shiva saved the world from being destroyed by drinking the Halahal poison produced from the Sagar churn at the time of Sagar churning.

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After drinking the poison, Lord Shiva's throat became blue due to its effect because he did not let the poison come down his throat. The poison went to Lord Shiva's brain and Bholenath became unconscious. Goddess Bhagwat Purana states that Adi Shakti appeared in this situation and asked to cure Shiva with herbs and water to cure Lord Shiva. After that, to remove the heat of the Halahal from Lord Shiva's head, the Gods placed Dhatura, cannabis on Lord Shiva's head and continuously performed Jalabhishek.

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By doing this, the poison was removed from the head of Shiva and from this time, Lord Shiva started to be given Dhatura, hemp, and water. In Ayurveda, hemp and datura are used as medicine and in the scriptures, three leaves of the vine have been considered as the symbol of Raja, Sattva, and Tamoguna, as well as it is considered a symbol of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh hence Belapatra is used in the worship of Lord Shiva.

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