Kathmandu, April 20: The Akshaya Tritiya festival, which is celebrated every year on the day of Baisakh Shukla Tritiya, is being celebrated today by donating and consuming Satu and Sarbat.
According to the classical law, one gets up early this morning, covers one’s house, takes a bath, and prepares the goods used while worshiping. Diyo, Kalash, and Ganesh are worshiped and a copper plate with Ashta Dal inscription is placed on the Kalash, and Lord Vishnu is worshiped with sixteen ingredients. There is a Vedic tradition of offering pure water in a copper plate or juice in an earthenware vessel made up of cinnamon, cloves, sweet melons, cardamom, honey, sugar, Sakhar, and crystal sugar (Misri) as well as donate Barley Flour (Satu) to the priest.
It is described in various religious texts that the good deeds done on this day including a bath, giving alms or donation, meditation and prayers will never be destroyed. Since barley flour and juice are similar to Amrit (elixir) in the summer of Baishakh, there is a tradition from the Vedic times to give alms and also consume it by oneself.
It is also said that it helps to boost the body’s immune system, as Satu and Sarbat increase the immunity of the human body. Even a small amount of donation on the day of Baishakh Shukla Tritiya (the third day of the waxing moon of the month of Baishakh according to the lunar calendar) will bring prosperity and fortune, it is believed.
The Ghada donated today is also called the Dharmaghatadi donation. Today, it is customary to donate umbrellas, sticks, and cloth shoes to the elderly and cows, land, grain, and gold are also donated to the deserving Brahmins as well as to the helpless and destitute.
It is believed that Lord Mahadev and Parvati, the daughter of the Himalayas, got married on this day in the Satya Yug. That is why there is a belief that you don’t have to look for an auspicious moment (Sait) for a marriage today. According to the ancient scriptures, there is also a belief that the Treta Yug began today. This date is called Akshaya Tritiya as the good deeds done on this day bring inexhaustible prosperity to the doer.
