Why Should We Celebrate Akshay Tritiya?

According to a story of Akshaya Tritiya, in ancient times there was a Vaishya named Dharmadas. Dharmadas lived with his family in a small village. He was very poor. He was always concerned about the maintenance of his family. There were many members in his family. Dharmadas was a man of very religious aptitude, his virtue and his reverence for gods and brahmins was very famous.

After listening to the greatness of Akshaya Tritiya fast, he got up early in the morning on the arrival of Akshaya Tritiya festival and worshiped the gods and goddesses after bathing in the Ganges, pots filled with water according to the capacity, fans, barley, sattu, rice, salt, on the day of fasting. Wheat, jaggery, ghee, curd, gold and clothes etc. were placed at the feet of the Lord and offered to the Brahmins.

Seeing all this donation, Dharmadas's family members and his wife tried to stop him. He said that if Dharam Das donates all this to charity, then how will his family be brought up. Still, Dharmadas did not deviate from his charity and virtuous deeds and gave many types of donations to the Brahmins. Whenever the holy festival of Akshaya Tritiya came in his life, every time Dharmadas performed rituals like worship and charity on this day.

 Suffering from many diseases and being old, he fasted and performed virtuous deeds and charity. This Vaishya became the king of Kushavati in the next birth.

 It is believed that due to charity and worship done on the day of Akshaya Tritiya, he became a very rich and majestic king in his next birth. He was such a rich and majestic king that on the day of Akshaya Tritiya, even Tridev, dressed as a Brahmin, used to attend his Mahayagya.

 He was never proud of his reverence and devotion, he never deviated from the path of religion despite being a great and glorious king. It is believed that this king was born in subsequent births as the famous emperor of India, Chandragupta.

 Just as God has bestowed His grace on Dharmadas, in the same way, whoever listens to the importance of the story of this Akshaya Tritiya and worships and donates according to the law, he gets inexhaustible virtue and fame.

Birth story of Lord Parshuram, it is mentioned in all the ages 

Akshaya Tritiya is on 3rd May 2022. It is considered a very auspicious day. Auspicious and auspicious works are completed on Akshaya Tritiya. Lord Parashurama was born on this day. Hence Akshaya Tritiya is celebrated as Parshuram Jayanti. Parashurama was an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He was considered a fierce incarnation of Vishnu. He had incarnated on earth before Shri Ram. It is said that he had got the boon of being Chiranjeevi. Parashuram is present even today. Read his birth story.

According to mythological beliefs, Parashurama is considered to be the sixth incarnation of Vishnu's Dashavatars. His father was Rishi Jamadagni. Jamadagni married Renuka, the daughter of the Chandravanshi king. He had performed a great yajna for the son. Pleased with this yagya, Indradev gave him the boon of a stunning son and then Parashurama took birth on Akshaya Tritiya.

 The sages Jamadagni and Renuka named their son Rama. Rama had obtained the knowledge of the weapon from Lord Shiva. Shivaji pleased him and gave him his furs, that is, Parashu. After that he was called Parashurama. Parashurama is considered as Chiranjeevi. That is, they are still alive today. He is mentioned in both Ramayana and Mahabharata period. It is said that at the end of Kali Yuga, when the Kalki avatar of Vishnu takes birth, Parashurama will still come.

It is said that he destroyed the Haihaya dynasty of the Kshatriya clan 21 times. In the Mahabharata period, he had given knowledge of weapons to Bhishma, Dronacharya, Karna. He had provided Sudarshan Chakra to Shri Krishna. Even during Satyuga, there is a story of him, according to which once he went to see Lord Shiva, Ganeshji stopped him. Angered by this, Parashurama broke one of Ganapati's teeth. At the same time, even in the Ramayana period, he respected King Janak, King Dasharatha Parashurama.

                                               Hare Krishna 🙏