Bengaluru: Mahashivaratri is today. People fast today and stay awake all night tonight (Jagaran) to seek blessings of Lord Mahadeva. People worship Lord Shiva or engage in religious activities such as mantra chanting or offering Abhishekham to the Lord.

Most individuals, however, prefer to spend the night watching television or, lately, hooking up their smartphones to watch their favourite shows on them.

If you want to spend the night watching religious TV episodes, these are the top five shows that focused on the saga of Mahadeva.

Om Namah Shivay:
Om Namaha Shivaya is one of the fascinating Lord Shiva series. Dheeraj Kumar directed this TV series, which was broadcast on the DD National channel in 1997 and was well received by the audience. Dheeraj Kumar directed this beloved and beautiful series on Lord Shiva, which aired on Doordarshan's DD National channel. The show deconstructed Shiva mythology as found in the Puranas, Upanishads, and Ramayana.

Har Har Mahadev: 
This Kannada-language drama is a remake of the classic Hindi series Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev is based on Lord Ishwar. The programme was shown on the Star Suvarna channel. The series is also available in Telugu and Tamil. This series may be seen on Disney Hotstar.

Baal Shiv:
The Baal Shiv series is one of the best options if you want to view an undiscovered account of Lord Chandrashekhar's childhood stories. This one-of-a-kind mythological series may be found on TV. The Katha of Mahasati Anusuya's upbringing and self-discovery will be examined via several chapters of his upbringing and self-discovery.

Shiva Leelalu: 
Shiva Leelalu is one of the best mythological series on Lord Shiva; it was originally broadcast on ETV and is now available on ETV Win. The show tells great Lord Shiva stories. Watching the show during Jaagran takes you to another world.

Om Namah Shivay: 
This Bengali language series, which debuted on Star Jalsha in 2018, is about Lord Shiva. Gaurav Mondal played Shiva, and Neha Amandeep played Parvati. This is a well-known television programme about Lord Shiva that may be watched nonstop.