Isn’t Mahashivaratri an outdated religious festival?

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from Youth & Truth Talk

Sadhguru @ Harvard University

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Sadhguru, you speak so logically and it makes sense to me. But at the same time, you’re celebrating the religious festival of Mahashivaratri in a grand way at the Isha Yoga Centre. For a young person like me, these religious festivals seem like outdated rituals. So I want to know what is the relevance of Mahashivaratri to the youth?

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