Akshaya Tritiya

Akshaya Tritiya, also known as Akti or Akha Teej, is an annual spring time festival of the Hindus and Jains.It falls on the third Tithi (lunar day) of Bright Half (Shukla Paksha) of Vaisakha month. It is observed as an auspicious time regionally by Hindus and Jains in India and Nepal, as signifying the "third day of unending prosperity"

The festival date varies and is set according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar, and falls in April or May of every year in the Gregorian calendar.

In Sanskrit, the word "Akshayya" (अक्षय्य) means " never endingness " in the sense of "prosperity, hope, joy, success", while Tritiya means "third phase of the moon". It is named after the "third lunar day" of the spring month of Vaisakha in the Hindu calendar, the day it is observed.

Jainism Tradition

In Jainism, it commemorates the first Tirthankara's (Lord Rishabhdev) ending his one-year asceticism by consuming sugarcane juice poured into his cupped hands.Some Jains refer to the festival as Varshi Tapa.Fasting and ascetic austerities are marked by Jains, particularly at pilgrimage sites such as Palitana (Gujarat).

On this day people who observe the year-long alternative day fasting known as Varshi-tap finish their Tapasya by doing parana by drinking sugarcane juice.

Hindu tradition

10 Important occasions on AKSHAYA TRITYA :

1) Chandan Yatra begins in honorium of Sripad Madhavendra Puri

2) Draupadi receives inexhaustible Akshay Patra from Suryadev(1st year of exile)

3) Durvasa Muni & his 60,000 disciples running away due to fear of Bhima and Pandavas in Kamyavan (2nd year of exile)

4) Lord Parshuram Appearance

5) Vyas Dev Maharshi begins to compose Mahabharat from this day of Akshay Tritiya

6) Ganga appears on Earth on the day of Akshay tritiya

7) Gangotri Yamunotri temples open up on the day of Akshay Tritiya

8) Badrinath Temple opens up from the day of Akshay Tritiya

9) Sudama, the dear friend of Sri Krishna get mercy of krishna in the form of unlimited wealth

10) Jagannath Ratha Yatra Wooden Cart preparation begins on the day of Akshay Tritiya.

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