Shravana Putrada Ekadashi Vrat 2016

Lord Vishnu Putrada Ekadashi Vrat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shravan Putrada Ekadashi 2016 = 14th August (Sunday)

Shravan Putrada Ekadashi has great importance for any childless couple. This Vrat usually falls on the 11th day of Krishna Paksha (Dark fortnight) in the Shravan month of the Hindu lunar calendar. The Hindu Vrat Putrada Ekadashi is one of the two Putrada Ekadashi celebrated throughout the year and the second one is Pausha Putrada Ekadashi. The people of Vaishnav society who are known as the devotees of Lord Vishnu celebrate Shravan Putrada Ekadashi with highly devotion.

Shravana Putrada Ekadashi Tithi 2016 begins at 16:35 on 13/Aug/2016
Shravana Putrada Ekadashi Tithi 2016 ends at 17:32 on 14/Aug/2016

Shravana Putrada Ekadashi Legends

Bhavishya Purana describes about the legends associated to Shravan Putrada Ekadashi. The legendary figure was narrated by Krishna to Yudhishthira.

A powerful king whose name was Mahijit ruled on the kingdom of Mahishmati. Despite all his wealths, and properties, the King was depressed all the time. He was childless and therefore asked for the advice of priests and other nobleman of the region. Even after, no results found and the King continued to remain worried.

Seeing his disturbances, the nobleman of his kingdom gave advice to meet a saint whose name was Lomesh and he was a learned man. The saint Lomesh found the reason for the King's present situation laid in his previous birth using his meditation knowledge.

Saint Lomesh pointed out that in his previous birth the King was very cunning merchant who worried only about his riches. Once during his a journey, the merchant felt thirsty and reached across a pond.

He saw that a cow was drinking water from the pond with her calf. The merchant pulled away the cow with the intensity of his thirst and drank the water instead. Due to that reason, the King being childless in his present birth. The saint advised the king to keep the fast on the day of Shravan Putrada Ekadashi with his queen. The King followed all the instructions given by saint and blessed with a son soon thereafter.

Importance of Shravan Putrada Ekadashi Vrat In Hindu Religion

The birth of son is considered very auspicious in Hinduism and the devotees who observe Shravan Putrada Ekadashi fasting with great devotion are blessed with baby boy. The observing Shravan Putrada Ekadashi fast in honor of Lord Vishnu is considered to be very auspicious and kept for 24 hours on this day.

Shravan Putrada Ekadashi fasting can be done in two consecutive days. The devotees with a family life should observe the fast on actual Shravan Putrada Ekadashi day. While the devotees who are Sanyasi, Widows and those desirous of getting Moksha need to observe the fast for two days, both a day before and on Shravan Putrada Ekadashi.

On the day of Shravan Putrada Ekadashi, devotees should feed Brahmins and offer the clothes to poor people. Lord Vishnu gives special blessings to such devotees and keep fasting with true devotion. In Eastern and Southern India, Shravan Putrada Ekadashi fast is observed with religious traditions and customs while in North Indian states, devotees observe the other version of Ekadashi known as Pausha Putrada Ekadashi.

Read further about SHRAVAN PUTRADA EKADASHI in detail.

Sikh Guru Arjan Dev Punya Tithi 16th June, 2016 Thursday

Guru Arjan Dev

The 11th Sikh Guru’s name was Arjan Dev, born in Goindval, Panjab, India. He was the youngest son of Guru Ram Das Sahib Ji and Bibi Sahini Ji. Bibi Sahini Ji was the daughter of Guru Amar Das. After the death of his father Guru Ram Das, Guru Arjan Dev became the fifth Guru of Sikhs on September 1st, 1581.

He was the first Sikh Guru to be put into effect. The most vital work done by Guru Arjan Dev is the compilation of the Adi Granth. He gathered all the deeds of previous four Gurus and had written them down in the form of stanzas in 1604. He added the teachings of Hindus and Muslim sages in that compilation. In the year of 1606, Guru Arjan Dev was punished by the Mughal emperor Jahangir because of inhibiting to remove the teachings of the Muslim sages from the compilation and persecuted the Guru, which was caused by his death. Since 1606, the day of 16th June each year is observed as his martyrdom by the Sikh people.

Before his death, Guru Arjan Dev departed the light to his son Guru Har Gobind who became the next Guru. Amritsar city was constructed by the Guru. He also founded other cities such as Taran and Kartarpur.

Guru Arjan Dev created a system known as Masand, where a set of delegates taught and spread the thoughts and teachings of sages and in return, they received a portion of Sikh's income called Dasyand, which can be treated as monetary values, goods and services to people. These are paid by the Sikh community to support the building of Gurudwaras, Guru Langar, which is known as communal kitchens.

The intension of Lungar is to spread love, respect and equality. The Langars are open for each and every visitor in Gurudwaras, which represents the castles society and equality for all human beings. The land of Amritsar was gifted by the Mughal Emperor named as Akbar. He was so impressed by seeing the sharing food by sitting on the floor like an ordinary man in the Guru Langars.

Guru Arjan Dev was a legendary person among his followers. He enthusiastically taught and spread the messages of Guru Nanak.