On this day, people fast and also worship the Amla tree. Read More: This is the Most Vivid Description of the Jagannatha Ratha Yatra ever Akshaya NavmiĪccording to the Hindu calendar, on the ninth day of the Kartik month, the Shukla Paksha or Lunar fortnight phase is known as Akshaya Navami. Jagannatha Mahaprabhu is worshipped as Narayan or Vishnu when he is on the Ratnavedi (dias) in the sanctum sanctorum, as Ganesha when on the, Snanavedi during the SnanaPurnima, as Rudra (an expression of Shiva) during the Nava- Kalevara ceremony, as Durga in the Sayana festival and as the Sun when on the Ratha during the Ratha Yatra. Jagannath represents an integration of all important Hindu cultures which flourished in India, namely, the Vedic, the Puranic, the Tantric, the Smarta and the Vaisnava. It is believed that the devotee who pulls the chariot with reverence, gets the results equivalent to that of hundred sacrifices. The chariot leaves the Jagannath Dham of Puri and travels to Gundicha Bari where Lord Jagannath rests for 7 days and then returns home on the date of Ekadashi. The Rath Yatra celebrates the annual journey of Lord Jagannath and his two siblings from the 12th-century Jagannath Temple to Gundicha Temple, 2.5km away. The three huge Raths are part of the Rath Yatra and dedicated to Lord Jagannath, his elder brother Lord Balabhadra and his sister Goddess Subhadra. Ratha YatraĮvery year one witnesses the huge chariots, completely chiselled by sheer human skill and craftmanship in Odisha’s Puri. The beginning of new business ventures, partnerships and jobs on Akshay Tritiya is also deemed very lucky. People in India purchase gold, precious jewelry and make monetary investments on Akshaya Tritiya for the same belief. In the western states of Gujarat and Rajasthan, the festival is called Akha Teej. In the state of Chhattisgarh, the occasion is celebrated by the name Akti. Moreover, another iteration of the origins of the festival states that the revered Maharishi Ved Vyasa - the author of the Mahabharata began narrating the epic to Lord Ganesh on this day. It is believed that the Treta Yuga, the second of the four yugas, began on Akshaya Tritiya, when Lord Vishnu’s sixth avatar, Parshuram, was born. A simply sandhi-vicched suggests that Akshaya means ‘immortal or never ending’ while “Tritiya” refers to the third day of Vaishakha month’s illuminated half.
According to the Hindu calendar, Akshaya Tritiya falls on the third tithi (lunar day) of Shukla Paksha in the Vaishakha month or if you are a greenhorn, according to the Gregorian calendar, it occurs between April and May.
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