Akshaya Tritiya
akshaya tritiya also known akti akha teej annual jain hindu spring festival fall third tithi lunar day bright half shukla paksha hindu month vaisakha day auspicious buy rice deposit money bank account buy kind new thing vessel visiting temple donating food special offer poor people helping poor child education fee good sign akshaya tritiya akshaya tritiya regionally observed auspicious day hindu jains india signifies third day unending prosperity akshaya tritiya considered auspicious hindu jains many region india nepal new venture marriage charity investment gold property also day remembrance loved one died day regionally significant woman married unmarried pray wellbeing men life one may future get engaged prayer distribute germinating gram sprout fresh fruit indian sweet akshaya tritiya fall monday rohini festival believed auspicious fasting charity helping others day another festive practice sanskrit word akṣaya अक्षय mean never decreasing sense prosperity hope joy success tr̥tīyā तृतीया mean third phase moon named since fall third lunar day spring month vaisakha hindu calendar observed name refers belief benefit performing devotion piety day go away jainism akshaya tritiya important festival commemorates first tirthankara rishabhanatha ending daylong fast consuming sugarcane juice poured cupped hand śvetāmbara jains perform similar fast consume food alternate day last day practice popularly known varshitapa rishabhanatha renounced worldly pleasure turned monk thereafter fasted day per śvetāmbara tradition six month per digambara tradition accept food lay follower every time given food free fault jain monk accept fault food given jain monk may discussed length ancient śvetāmbara text ācārāṅga sūtra approaching hastinapur capital city king shreyansha king saw dream completely dark mount meru turned brilliant sprinkling water pitcher king shreyansha greatgrandson rishabhanatha grandson bahubali son somprabha king somprabha saw dream man surrounded enemy side emerges victorious shreyanshas help town subuddhi merchant saw dream thousand ray sun replaced shreyansha result sun became brighter discussed dream royal assembly one conclusion could reached rishabhanatha entered hastinapur people tried donate food valuable thing accepted none shreyansha performed pradakshina around looking rishabhanathas attire jain monk white cloth shoulder śvetāmbara account shreyansha soon attained jati smaran gyan knowledge previous birth also led know ritual donating food jain monk knew previous birth previous birth shreyansha wife chakravartin vajranabha previous birth rishabhanatha east videha king shreyansha seen attire tirthankara adopted king vajranabhas father tirthankara vajrasena adopted mendicancy latter also remembered procedure donate food jain monk keeping mind free fault since shreyansha knew rule donating food jain monk curated jar full sugarcane juice already prepared rishabhanatha jain monk must accept food specially prepared told rishabhanatha accept juice suitable free fault rishabhanatha put hand together form dish shreyansha emptied pitcher juice hand consumed broke fast even single drop juice fell ground tirthankaras possess karpaatra labdhi power use hand dish without wasting food put demigod creature celebrated event day jains observe yearlong alternateday fasting known varshitap finish tapasya break fast drinking sugarcane juice particularly pilgrimage site hastinapur palitana temple kesariyaji tirth ranakpur jain temple kulpakji tirth many pilgrimage site dedicated rishabhanatha jains dedicate day donation sacrifice festival related presentation akshaya patra draupadi god krishna visit numerous sage including sage durvasa exile forest pandava prince famished due lack food wife draupadi pained could extend customary hospitality guest yudhishthira eldest pandava prayed god surya gave bowl would remain full till draupadi served guest visit easily angered sage durvasa krishna ate small particle bowl deflected wrath sage saved pandavas curse akshaya tritiya believed hindu birthday parashurama sixth avatar god vishnu revered vaishnava temple observe honor parashurama sometimes refer festival parashurama jayanti alternatively focus reverence krishna eighth avatar vishnu according one legend sage vyasa began reciting hindu epic mahabharata god ganesha akshaya tritiya another legend state river ganges descended earth day yamunotri temple gangotri temple opened auspicious occasion akshaya tritiya chota char dham pilgrimage closing heavy snowfallladen winter himalayan region temple opened abhijit muhurat akshaya tritya another event linked day sudamas visit childhood friend krishna dwarka received unlimited wealth boon kubera believed appointed god wealth auspicious day maharashtra akshaya tritiya importance indian state maharashtra one sadetin muhurtas three half auspicious holiest festival day marathi calendar people maharashtra consider day day start anything new believed work started akshaya tritiya brings long lasting success people start new business buy house woman buy gold day people celebrate festival family worship god goddess offering food naivedhya consisting maharashtrian puran poli rotibread stuffed jaggery lentil mix aamras thick mango puree odisha odisha akshaya tritiya celebrated commencement sowing rice paddy ensuing kharif season day start ritual worship mother earth bullock traditional farm equipment seed farmer blessing good harvest ploughing field farmer sow paddy seed symbolic start important kharif crop state ritual called akhi muthi anukula akhi akshaya tritiya muthi fistful paddy anukula commencement inauguration celebrated much fanfare throughout state recent year event received much publicity due ceremonial akhi muthi anukula program organized farmer organization political party construction chariot ratha yatra festivity jagannath temple also commences day puri telgu state teluguspeaking state telangana andhra pradesh festival associated prosperity charity simhachalam temple observes special festive ritual day main deity temple covered sandalwood paste rest year day layer sandalwood applied deity removed show underlying statue display actual form nija roopa darsanam happens day panchangam panjikad visakha puja buddhism paryushana palitana temple gupte ba hindu holiday ceremonial delhi asian educational service isbn aes reprint