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2 teaspoons warm milk. Slowly but firmly grind the milk and leaves together. Gather up the marijuana and squeeze out as much milk as you can. Repeat this process until you have used about 1/2 cup of milk (about 4 to 5 times). Collect all the milk that has been extracted and place in a bowl. By this time the marijuana will have turned into a pulpy mass. Add the chopped almonds and some more warm milk. Grind this in the mortar until a fine paste is formed. Squeeze this paste and collect the extract as before. Repeat a few more times until all that is left are some fibers and nut meal. Discard the residue. Combine all the liquids that have been collected, including the water the marijuana was brewed in. Add to this the garam masala, dried ginger and rosewater. Add the sugar and remaining milk. Chill, serve, and enjoy.

TANDAVA:
Maha Shivaratri is the night when Lord Shiva performed Tandava. Shiva's Tandava is a dance performed by Shiva. Shiva's Goddess Parvati also performs the dance, however her's is called Lasya. The dance is of the cycle of creation, preservation and dissolution. Shiva is also known as the Nataraj or the Dancing God. The Tandava is his depiction of his violent nature as the destroyer of the Universe.
Many religious scholars describe his dance as Anandatandava which means "the dance of Bliss". Its symbolizes the cosmic cycles of creation and destruction as well as birth and death. The dance depicts the 5 principles of eternal energy: creation, destruction, preservation, salvation and illusion.
LASYA
This is the dance which the Goddess Parvati performs. Her dance is more gentle, graceful and erotic.
SHIVA LINGA
Shiva Linga is the symbol of Lord Shiva, which is sacred to the devotes of Shiva. Lingum is a Sanskrit word that means "symbol" and Shiva Lingum means the symbol of Shiva. "linga" is a Sanskrit word for the male reproductive organ. The Shiva Linga is found in all Shiva temples and is "rounded and elliptical", and set on a circular base, the base representing the Yoni or the female reproductive organ. Devotees worship the Linga or the reproductive function. Scholars and historians believe that this symbol originated from the tribes of the Indus Valley, who saw the Shiva Linga as a source of energy, creation and enlightenment.
Other interpretations of the Shiva Linga exist. Some believe that it is an abstract symbol of God, and that God may be conceptualized in any convenient form. The form is irrelevant; only the power behind the form is what matters. Therefore, to these believers, the Shivalinga represents the formless Supreme Being or The "Nirguna Brahman".

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