Spiritual GYAN

The origin of Chhath Puja is not clear and ambiguous. As it is believed to be originated from Vedas, Epic Mahabharata, and Ramayana. It was also believed that it has Legend of King named Priyabrat and his wife Malini blessed with a beautiful baby boy and they started worshipping Chhathi Maiya (Shashti Goddess) and celebrating Chhath Puja. Legends : It is the story of a king named “Priyabrat” and his wife “Malini”. Both are living happily, but have no child. They decided for Maha Yagya with the help of Maharishi Kashyap. King’s wife Malini got pregnant and delivered the dead child. With this the king loses hope of decided to give his life, suddenly, the Manas Kanya (Devsena) appeared and said “I am Goddess Khashti and I’m an incarnation of the sixth part of the universe. If you worship me with pure mind and soul for six days, you would definitely be blessed with a child” The King and Queen agreed to worship and after they are blessed with a Beautiful...

The most disturbing incident in the entire Mahabharata was the ‘Vastraharan’ of Draupadi. It was a completely insane and disgraceful act done on the part of Kauravas. Defaming a woman and insulting her physically is the greatest crime ever. Draupadi was the daughter of Drupad – the king of Panchala, and the wife and queen of the five Pandavas. She was an ardent devotee and friend of Lord Krishna. Due to the clashes of land and kingdom between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, Draupadi was the major sufferer. In the timeless epic Mahabharata, once the Kauravas and Pandavas sat for a game of dice. This game became so heated that they started betting for many costly and valuable possessions. At the end, Yudhistra lost the game and had to sacrifice his wife as well. On Duryodhan’s order’s Dushansana dragged Draupadi by her hair to the court full of men. Draupadi was taken aback by seeing these so called men of values standing with their heads down and doing nothing about this di...