According to the Vedic Sanatana tradition, the month of Magha is specially set aside according to the lunar month in Nepal to worship the gods and goddesses around you. During the period of one month from Paush Shukla Purnima to Magh Shukla Purnima, various Shaktipeeths of Nepal are worshipped. This tradition was started on the basis of the belief that the goddess resides in that place after the body of Sati Devi fell.

From today, the followers of Vedic Sanatan Dharma are starting the puja by ritually starting Magh Snan, Swasthani fast and reciting stories. Most of the women observe this fast. Jessica Ventin Birkenholz, an American citizen who has done scholarly research on healthy fasting stories in Nepal, says that this tradition is not found in other countries of South Asia.

Jessica is currently working as an assistant professor of religion at the University of Illinois, USA. From Paush Shukla Purnima to Magh Shukla Purnima, one month healthy fast and Magh bath are performed. On the day of Paush Shukla Chaturdashi, it starts with cutting the nails of the hands and feet, taking a bath and wearing clean clothes. In the morning, Magha bath is performed and worship of Mahadev is done at midday. In the evening, there is a tradition of listening to the story of Swasthani Vrat, a dialogue between Magha Mahatmya and Kumar Agastya under the Kedar section of Skanda Purana. 

Fasting in this way for a month on the full moon day of Magh Sukla, 108 people, 108 betel nuts, 108 betel leaves, 108 flowers, 108 bread, 108 Akshata different kinds of fruits, incense, lamps, offerings, Shrikhand, blood sandalwood, vermilion, clothes, offerings Arghya is offered to Bhagwati to fulfill the wishes of fasting. Worshiping the gods and goddesses of the place where you live is a healthy worship.

Since the time after Uttarayana is suitable for meditation yoga sadhana, it is also believed that practicing contact with one's soul is called Swasthani. Prada Devmani Bhattarai, a theologian and a member of the Nepal Panchang Deliberative Development Committee, informed that the goddess with golden color, three eyes, happy posture, sitting on a lotus and throne, and having four hands is a healthy goddess mentioned in Skanda Purana. It is believed that if the goddess fasts properly, the estranged couple will be reunited.

is also a popular story that if you have a disease, you will be cured and if you wish for someone as a husband or wife, you will get it. The story of Parvati, the daughter of the Himalayan mountain in the Satya Yuga, fasted on the instructions of Vishnu to give Mahadev a husband, is described in Swasthani.

Shalinadi Mela in Sankhu

On this occasion, Madhavnarayan's fair along with bathing has started in Shalinadi at Sankhu, which is located at a distance of 18 km in the north-eastern part of the valley, for one month from today.