Hara Hara Mahadeva

Hara Hara Mahadeva (Sanskrit: हर हर महादेव, romanized: hara hara mahādēva) is a Sanskrit invocation in praise of the Hindu deity Shiva.

[1][2] The invocation consists of two epithets of Shiva, hara and mahadeva.

It is generally chanted by adherents during auspicious occasions, such as prayer and entering a Shiva temple.

[3] The invocation was chanted by the legendary queen Padmini and tens of thousands of women when they performed the practice of jauhar to save their honour from Alauddin Khalji.

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Painting of Shiva and his family, Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh.