The Beauty that lies in the prayers of Akshaya Tritya

Akshaya Tritya, one of the most auspicious days in the Hindu calendar brings plenty of reasons to rejoice and celebrate. Widely celebrated amongst the business population, especially the ones involved in jewelry business, the festival marks the beginning of various new business ventures and countless other proposals. Akshaya Tritya, according to Hindu Mythology, is considered to be a day free of any evil effects, and thus chosen by many as the day to take up new projects.

Akshaya Tritya, one of the most auspicious days in the Hindu calendar brings plenty of reasons to rejoice and celebrate. Widely celebrated amongst the business population, especially the ones involved in jewelry business, the festival marks the beginning of various new business ventures and countless other proposals. Akshaya Tritya, according to Hindu Mythology, is considered to be a day free of any evil effects, and thus chosen by many as the day to take up new projects.

Many people worship Goddess Mahalakshmi on this day. Being the preserve of wealth, she is worshipped by everyone. Along with her, Lord Vishnu is also offered prayers by people as he happens to be the preserver and one of the gods of the Trinity. By performing these pujas, the worshiper is bestowed with good health, wealth opportunities, and favorable luck.

For all Hindus, Cow happens to be much more than just an animal. On the day of Akshaya Tritya, the cow, that also happens to be the symbol of planet Venus is worshipped. The cow, in Hindu mythology, represents love and purity, and is also a symbol of charity and selfless giving, thus, many worshippers turn to the cow to be blessed with luck, wealth, and opportunities for business and other ventures.

Horse, or as it is known in Sanskrit, Ashwa, according to Hindu mythology happens to be the disciple of Mars. It represents command and energy. On the day of Akshaya Tritya, many people perform Ashwa pujas. It is believed that performing Ashwa Pujas blesses one with mental peace and energy, necessary to achieve success in any business ventures.

In some parts of India, it is believed that if an Elephant is offered flowers and food along with the Pandit chanting mantras, then that evokes the blessing of Lord Ganesha on the worshipper. For the same reason, in many parts of India, people are keen on making offerings to the elephant, or Gajh, as it is fondly known in Sanskrit.

No festival in India can be complete if people do not offer their prayers to the Goddess of Earth. It is believed that by doing so, one is blessed with the grace of goddess of food grains (Dhaanyalakshmi), the goddess of wealth (Dhanalakshmi) and goddess of prosperity (Vaibhavlakshmi). These pujas are commonly performed by farmers in the hope of achieving a good harvest.

Akshaya Tritya has many pujas, each with its own relevance. Given the cultural diversity of India, people follow different traditional rituals on this day, each in the hope of being blessed with good health and luck in order to commit to their ventures and achieve success that is everlasting, just like the gods.