akshaya tritiya

Akshaya Tritiya, variously spelt as Akshya Thiritiya, Akshaya Trutheeya, Akshaya Tritiiya and also called Akshaya Trithi, is one of the four most auspicious days of the year for Hindus Akshaya Tritiya, is an auspicious or pious day in Hindu calendar that is also consider as  Akha Teej. Akshaya Tritiya is a Hindu and Jain holy day, that falls on the third Tithi (Lunar day) of Bright Half (Shukla Paksha) of Hindi month of Vaishakha.

In 2011 Akshaya Tritiya falls on 6^th May 2011 and Indian people celebrate it with great enthusiasm.

The word Akshaya, a Sanskrit word, literally means one that never diminishes, and the day is believed to bring good luck and success.
The people of different parts of India celebrate this festival with their respective faith, and also assume that on this day they are blessed by god to bring good luck and success in their life. On this auspicious day is it’s particularly considered to buy long term assets like gold and silver, including ornaments made of the same; diamond and other precious stones; and the real estate. The Indian myths also states that any endeavour initiated on the auspicious day of Akshaya Tritiya shall continue to grow and bring prosperity in the lives. So, people generally begin new ventures, like starting a trade, ground contravention for construction etc. on the auspicious day Akshaya Tritiya.

On the auspictious day of Akshaya Tritiya Hindu people worship the Lord Vishnu/Laxmi/Ganesh/Parshuram, Some people taking fast/making a charity to needy people and purchase of gold/silver/properties and long term assets that they demonstrates the prosperity in their lives and that silhouettes the lives of the generation next.

Reason for worshiping  Akshaya Tritiya.:- Jainism is one of the oldest known religions of world. Rishabhadeva alias Adinath is the first Tirthankara of the Jains. The Day of Akshay Tritiya is worshipped and said to be auspicious in Jainism because -Tirthankara Rishabhadeva was the king of Ayodhya. Upon attaining enlightenment, he gave up all worldly pleasures and chose to lead the life of an ascetic and became a Jain monk. Jain monks do not own anything. They do not even cook food for themselves. When hungry or thirsty, they go to the people and ask for food or drinking water. Tirthankara Rishabhadeva also went to people and asked food. However, the people of that time did not know anything about the lives and disciplines of monks, as he was the first monk of his era. The people of Ayodhya offered him gold, jewellery, gemstones, elephants, horses, expensive garments and even their daughters to honour their beloved king. Rishabhadeva was not in quest of all these. He sought only a morsel of food, but nobody offered it to him. Nobody understood that their king was asking for food. As there was no choice, he had to fast for a long time until his grandson Shreyansha Kumara understood his need. Finally Shreyansha Kumara, offered him sugarcane juice and thus Rishabhadeva ended his fast after a year. This was on the day of Akshaya Tritiya. This is considered by the Jains as one of the best offerings. It is believed that religious gifts bestowed on Akshaya Tritiya become inexhaustible. Jains even today, observe a fast to commemorate their first Tirthankara Rishabhadeva on Akshaya Tritiya and end their fast with sugarcane juice.As per Hindus, this day is ruled by god Vishnu, the preserver-god in the Hindu Trinity. It is also traditionally celebrated as the birthday of the Hindu sage Parashurama, the sixth Avatar (incarnation) of the god Vishnu. According to Hindu mythology, on this day the Treta Yuga began and the river Ganges, the most sacred river of India, descended to the earth from the heaven.

Significance of Akshaya Tritiya
Akshaya tritiya is also called Akha Teej. According to Hindu culture this is the most significant day to start new ventures and to perform sacred deeds. There is more than one reason to celebrate Akshaya tritiya. Following points illustrate the importance of Akshaya tritiya as the most auspicious of all days:

• Brightest Day: Akshaya tritiya is the brightest day of the yearaccording to Hindu astrology. On this day the planet Sun and planet moon are in such an astrological position that they emit maximum light throughout day and night. Indians take special delight in celebrating bright days of summer. Thus Akshaya tritiya is the celebrated with great gusto.
• Parshuram jayanti: It was on the day of Akshaya tritiya that Parshuram, the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu took place. Thus is a special day for devotees of Lord Vishnu.
• Mahabharata Day: Mythological experts believe that the greatliterature Mahabharata was initiated on this day. Vedavyas and Lord Ganesh began the great literature on this day, thus called it Mahabharata day.
• Jains Fasting Day: Sri Rishabhdev, the first ‘Thirtankar’ of Jain broke his fast after fasting for one whole year. Jains fast on this day to commemorate his sacrifice.

Akshya tritya Celebrations:
There should be some occasion otherwise we are ready to celebrate any day. Yes. You can celebrate Akshya tritya in your own way. But it is best celebrated by buying gold or gifting gold to your dear ones.

‘Akshaya’ means never diminishing. Gold or silver or any valuable bought on this day will never diminishes. Thus people celebrate it with gold as thesymbol of wealth and prosperity.

Akshaya Tritiya Rituals:
Devotees of Vishnu take up several rituals on this day. They do Lakshmipoojan. They go to Vishnu temples and seek for good pleasure of Lord. They do Tulasi pooja and take part in charity of food and clothes.

GUDI UBHARLI AAPLYA DAARI

In  INDIA, festivals have been closely associated with  taking important decisions and the auspicious occasion of GUDI PADWA  is one such time .
considered one of the 'sade teen' muhurats the festival to be celebrated on 4 april bears much significance. In Maharashtra, gudi padwa  is a day chosen to start anything new or make an imp investments in property , gold , and silver. it also marks the end of one harvest and beginning of new one, signifying   beginning of New Year by Maharashtrians.

  Gudi Padwa, also known as Ugadi, is celebrated on the first day of the Hindu month of Chaitra, which according to the Gregorian calendar would fall sometime at the end of March and the beginning of April. This festival is supposed to mark the beginning of 'Vasant' or spring. According to the 'Brahma Purana', this is the day on which Brahma created the world after the deluge and time began to tick from this day forth. time began to tick from this day forth. 

India was, and still is to a certain extent, a predominantly agrarian society. Thus, celebrations and festivals were often linked to the turn of the season and to the sowing and reaping of crops. There is a theory that the word 'padwa' might have its roots in the Sanskrit word for crop, which is 'Pradurbhu.' The word 'padwa' as used contemporarily means 'New Year', but this day also marks the end of one harvest and the beginning of a new one, which for an agricultural community would signify the beginning of a New Year. In the case of Gudi Padwa, it is celebrated at the end of the Rabi season. The term 'padava' or 'padavo' is also associated with Diwali, another New Year celebration that comes at the end of the harvesting season, thus substantiating the agricultural link to the festival.  

The 'gudi'
While the 'padwa' part has been explained, you're probably wondering what a 'gudi' is. A 'gudi' is a pole on top of which an upturned brass or silver pot called a kalash is placed. The gudi is covered with a colourful silk cloth and decorated with coconuts, marigolds and mango leaves that symbolize nature's bounty. On Gudi Padwa, you will find gudis hanging out of windows or otherwise prominently displayed in traditional Maharashtrian households. 
Some Maharashtrians see the gudis as a symbol of victory associated with the conquests of the Maratha forces lead by the great hero Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Gudis are also displayed as they are expected to ward off evil and invite prosperity and good luck into the house. 

there is a traditional relationship between the festival of gudi padwa and 'rangoli' drawing a rangoli is  considered to be a holy ritual on this day. people draw intricate rangoli designs at doorsteps this is belived to bring wealth and prosperity into the home the vibrant shades of the rangoli also reflect the brust of colours associated with the fresh season of spring . holy symbols such as the swastik , om , mangal kalash etc are common rangoli designs

this festival is also known as  Samvatsar Padvo among Hindu konkanis of goa 

Yugadi among the rest of konkani's i diaspora in Karnataka and Kerala   Nav Varsha Samvat among the North Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Bihar and Chhattisgarh

In other parts of India this festival is celebrated during

 Nau Roz in Kashmir  Baisakhi in Punjab   Cheti Chand among the Sindhi people    Goru Bihu in Assam   Puthandu in Tamil Nadu and   Yugadi in Andhra Pradesh  Vishu in Kerala.

HAPPY GUDI PADWA  TO ALL 

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HOLI  IN  TELLYWOOD

Indian television always provide entrainment to their viewers with celebrating each and every festival , India is country of festival and Indian television always connects itself with viewers celebrating each n every festival whether it would be biggest festival to smallest festival they always grab chance to make their viewers happy giving them some refreshment with their regular stories and Sometimes some soaps gives high points with such a festival ,and some channels also give some refreshing special shows for any festival to entertain their viewers and for raising their trps such a festival always gives them good trps and viewers as well and with this actors and actress get time to enjoy such a festival's atmosphere as in regular shooting its seriously hard for them to celebrate and to get offs on set 

From so many years tellywood has also become part of this festival celebration holi on screen and off screen with their co-stars celebrating festival of colors enjoying it during holi season stars come in festival of color's mood spreading wonderful colors in their fan's heart with their wonderful treat of holi specials 

His tradition is being followed by all channels and all shows , to celebrate this festival of happiness with colors , in such a special epi actors and actress gets chance to meet their fellow stars as in hectic schedule of shooting they won't get time but such a crossover or mega episodes always cheers them with meeting new people and their fellow stars 

Such shooting schedules creates atmosphere of real festival with colors , pichakaris ,sweets and bhang ,but sometimes its seriously creates havoc for actors and actress everyday 's regular shooting of this festival and applying colors and full of drenched in water affects them but as it is said show must go on n they without any complain do their work , kyuki bura na mano holi haiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 

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