New Delhi: The first Monday in the Sawan is having a great importance among Hindus. Sawan is the fifth month of Hindu calendar. There are three types of fasts that can be kept on Mondays. These including fasting on Mondays,Solah somvar (fasting on sixteen consecutive mondays) and Pradosh fast.
Any one of these fasts should be started from the first Monday of the Sawan month. According to beliefs, worshipping Lord Shiva on this day provides a person with wealth. On the occasion, thousands of devotees are likely to visit city temples to offer their prayers to Lord Shiva and Goddess Gauri.
The month is governed by the star Shravan, hence it is called Shravan and is popularly called Sawan. Devotees pile the linga high with Bel leaves and flowers and fast till sunset. It is considered highly auspicious to wear a rudraksha in Shravan month.
The month is governed by the star ‘Shravan’, hence it is called Shravan. It is popularly called Saawan. The month is said to be a very auspicious and is marked by innumerable festivals and ceremonies the legend says that during the churning of ocean (Samudra Manthan) – 14 ratnas came out.
Out of them 13 were distributed among gods and demons. The last thing that came out was a poison called halahal. Lord Shiva drank the ‘halahal’ and kept it in His throat. To reduce the strong effect of poison, Lord Shiva wore the crescent moon on his head.
Thereafter, all the Gods started offering the Ganges water to Lord Shiva to lessen the effect of poison. Since this happened in the month of Sawan, it became a tradition to offer water to the deity during this month.
Bureau Report
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