In the Hindu community, Rishi Panchami, which honors all of India’s sages, is regarded as a lucky festival. It is celebrated on the fifth day of Shukla Paksha in the month of Bhadrapada and is primarily devoted to the seven major sagas known as Saptarishi. The auspicious day falls on September 1 this year (Thursday).
Rishi Panchami significance
Vashishtha, Jamadagmi, Gauthama, Vishvamitra, Bharadvaja, Atri, and Kashyapa are the names of the great Saptarishi. The holy day is associated with the great sages who gave their lives in order to eradicate evil from the planet and advance humankind. The great sages instructed those who followed them to walk the path of goodness and humanity. The ancient scriptures state that they transmitted their wisdom and knowledge to their followers so that everyone could follow the path of goodness, knowledge, and humanity.
Story
According to legend, there once lived a brahmin named Uttank and his wife Sushila. Their widowed daughter resided with her parents. First, the discovery that their daughter’s body was covered in ants worried the parents. To help them find their daughter, they therefore called a sage. A worried Brahmin enquired of the sage the cause of her daughter’s suffering and early widowhood.
She is suffering as a result of her prior karma, the Rishi claimed. He added that when she had her monthly period in her previous life, she went to the pooja ghar. When the father asked for a remedy, the son advised the daughter to fast on Rishi Panchami in order to cleanse her body and soul and be absolved of her past and present sins.
The daughter adhered to the fast with utmost devotion and dedication, which aided in her spiritual and physical cleansing and helped her rid herself of all kinds of sins.
Law of worship
Men and women should both observe this fast in order to atone for any unintentional sins they may have committed. The person who is fasting should take a bath in the Ganges or any other river or pond. You should take a bath at home by combining Ganga water with bathing water if this is not possible. Make an urn out of mud or copper water next, then remove the cow dung before creating Ashtadal Kamal. As you listen to the tale, worship the Sapta Rishis, including Arundhati, and feed the Brahmins before devouring it for yourself.
