Kojagrata Purnima, which is celebrated on the day of Ashwin Shukla Purnima, ends the 15-day long Bada Dashain festival by staying awake all night and worshiping Goddess Mahalakshmi this evening.
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The Badadasai festival is ending today after staying awake at night with the worship of Mahalakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. Kojagrata Purnima, which is celebrated on the day of Ashwin Shukla Purnima, ends the 15-day long Bada Dashain festival by staying awake all night and worshiping Goddess Mahalakshmi this evening.
According to the Nepal Panchang Adjudicatory Development Committee, all sacrificial sacrifices to be performed according to the scriptures, that is, all sacrificial sacrifices, should be performed today.
There is a classical law that after the completion of all the sacrifices, the process of taking blessings from the dignitaries by applying Tika and Jamra as offerings of Navadurga, which started from Vijayadashami, ends. After performing all the sacrifices, the Jamra is taken to the nearby river, lake, pond etc.
Durga Paksha i.e. Dasain, which started from the day of Ashwin Shukla Pratipada, is celebrated by common Nepalese people according to their respective groups. The chairman of the committee, Prof. Prof. Prof. Shambhu Prasad Dhakal says.
Durga Paksha is bid farewell today by worshiping Mahalakshmi, one of the three forms of Mother Durga. Navratri ends on the day of Vijayadashami, but Durga Paksha ends on the day of Ashwin Shukla Purnima. Mahalakshmi is worshiped 15 days before Lakshmi Puja, so this festival has special significance. This full moon is also known as Kaumudi.
He said that there is also a law on gambling tonight. Along with Mahalakshmi, Indra riding on an elephant should also be worshipped. It is said that the special worship of Tulsi after taking Kartik bath will start from Tuesday, October 21st. Akashdeepdan is also being started from Tuesday evening.
