Durva Ashtami 2022 Date and Significance: Know All About Vrat Rituals, Shubh Muhurat and Puja Vidhi for Celebrating the Festival Dedicated to The Sacred Durva Grass
Durva Grass has a special religious significance in Hinduism, mainly offered to Lord Shiva and Lord Ganesha. The devotees also perform a Durva Ashtami Vrat to please the deities. Durva Ashtami Vrat will be performed on September 3. Read on to know more about the festival.
Durva Ashtami is a Hindu observance marked with immense zeal in West Bengal and other eastern regionsĀ of India. InĀ Bengal, it is popularly referred to as 'Durvashtami Brata'. According to Panchang, Durva Ashtami 2022 falls on September 3, Saturday, the eighth day during the Shukla Paksha in the lunar month of Bhadrapada. The pious day is devoted to worshipping the sacred Durva grass used in many Hindu rituals. It is believed that people who perform the puja during the festival with utmost devotion are blessed with wealth and tranquillity in their life. People keepĀ a fast on this festival and offer the Durva grass to Lord Shiva and his son Lord Ganesha. By performing this holy ceremony as per the correct puja muhurat, immortality andĀ blessedness forĀ 10 ancestors are secured. Read the article till the end to satisfy your curiosity about Durva Ashtami 2022 date, significance and correct puja vidhi.Ā Know History and Significance of The Day Dedicated to 'Durva Grass'.
Durva Ashtami 2022Ā Shubh Muhurat
According to Drik Panchang, the AshtamiĀ tithi for Durva Ashtami begins at 12.28Ā pm on September 3, 2022, and ends at 10.39Ā am on September 4, 2022.
Durva Ashtami Puja Vidhi & Significance
The term Durva grass is derived from two words, ' duhu' and 'avam'. The holy grass attracts 'pavitraks', the pure spiritual particles of the supreme God, closer to his devotee. As per legendary tales, it is said that the Durva grassĀ comesĀ from the strands of hair that fell from Lord Vishnu's arm. If you look at the grass closely, the three blades of the Durva denote three key principles ofĀ primal Ganesha, primal Shakti, and primal Shiva.Ā The reasonĀ people offer Durva to Ganpati lies in the fact that the grass possesses the power to attract the Ganesha principle. For Durva Ashtami Puja, women get up early in the morning, take a bath, deliver prayers, and offer incense sticks, curd, rice, fruits, flowers, and other necessary items to the holy grass. Observers who keep Durva Ashtami Vrat pay reverence to Lord Shiva and Lord Ganpati to get blessed with their children's fortune and long life. All these customs, which are followed for ages, help bring harmony, marital bliss and contentment to the family.
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