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Shri Satyanarayan at Shantikunj) |
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Shri
Satyanarayan is none other than Lord Vishnu and
his pooja is often called a vrita or a vow and
is observed on full moon days, sankranti days or
even on new moon days. The most auspicious days
are the poornimas of Chaitra, Vaishakh, Shravan
and Kartik.
It is not an expensive religious
programme, as the prasad consists of ‘sapat’
made up of wheatflour, sugar and a little ghee.
With the help of a priest who has to read the
story of Shri Satyanarayan whole pooja should be
over within a couple of hours. Among the GSBs
nowadays, soon after the wedding ceremony, the
next day or the third day with the newly wed
couple at the pooja, the vrita is invariably
observed without any exception, popularly
calling it ‘dev’. Satyanarayan is regarded
as the remover of all difficulties and so
nowadays his pooja is performed, also as a
panacea for all problems and difficulties. |
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