Why is Lord Shiva worshipped for Sixteen Mondays?

Why is Lord Shiva worshipped for Sixteen Mondays?

Parvati did in fact lose the dice game to which she thought that it was because of the Brahmin`s prediction that she had lost the game. She became furious with anger and cursed the Brahmin that he would suffer from leprosy.

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