Gangaur fast 2024: Gangaur or Gauri Tritiya is a festival of Hindu religion which celebrates the divine love of Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva. Gaur Mata is a form of Goddess Parvati, the wife of Lord Shiva. This year Gangaur Puja is on 11 April 2024.
It is believed that by worshiping Gangaur, married girls remain happy and the love between husband and wife increases. Whereas unmarried women get a good life partner. The story has special importance in Gangaur Puja. Without this worship is incomplete. Know the story of Gangaur Puja
Story of Gangaur Vrat (Gangaur Vrat Katha)
Gangaur Teej is also known as Saubhagya Tritiya. According to the legend, once Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati came to visit the earth. That day was the third day of Shukla Paksha of Chaitra month. As soon as the news of Shiva Parvati’s arrival came, some poor women of the village reached to serve her with water, flowers and fruits.
This is how honey juice was distributed to poor women.
Goddess Parvati and Lord Shankar were pleased with the service and devotion of those poor women. At that time, Goddess Parvati took water in her hands and sprinkled the nectar of marriage on those poor women and said that the marriage of all of you will remain eternal. After that, women from some affluent and rich families came with a group full of dishes to serve Shiva-Shakti. Lord Shiva said to the mother, you have distributed all the nectar among the poor women, now what will you give to them.
Gave the blessing of marriage with my blood
Goddess Parvati said that I will bless them with the same good fortune as me. After this, Goddess Parvati cut one of her fingers and sprinkled a few drops of her blood on the rich women. Under this, Mother Parvati had distributed Suhaag among rich and poor women. After this, Goddess Parvati prepared a Shivalinga from a pile of sand on the river bank and worshiped it.
Mahadev appeared from Shivling and told Mother Parvati that on the day of Chaitra Shukla Tritiya, whichever married woman worships Shiva and Gauri, will get eternal marriage. Their husbands will have a long life and virgin women will get a suitable life partner. Since then Gangaur puja started being performed.
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