సత్యనారాయణ వ్రతం
Kept on the full moon — the household vrat of Vishnu as Satyanarayana.
- దేవత
- Vishnu as Satyanarayana
- ఆవృత్తి
- Monthly, on Purnima
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What సత్యనారాయణ వ్రతం is
The Satyanarayana vrat is the most commonly performed household puja in India, kept on Purnima and also at any moment a family wishes to mark — a new house, a wedding, a recovery, a promotion. It is deliberately undemanding: no elaborate qualification, no priest strictly required, and a katha of five chapters that everyone present listens to together. Its subject is simple and severe: a vow made must be kept.
Who observes it
Kept by households of every community and region. Frequently performed collectively in apartment blocks, offices and temples.
Fasting rules
A light fast through the day, broken with the prasadam after the puja. It is one of the gentler observances — the emphasis is on the katha and the gathering, not on abstention.
Pooja vidhanam
Set up a kalasham with a picture or image of Satyanarayana, banana leaves and stems. The five chapters of the Satyanarayana katha are read aloud in sequence. The prasadam is sapatha bhakshyam — a halwa of semolina, ghee, sugar and banana, offered and then shared with everyone present, which is not optional: refusing it is the failure the katha warns against.
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- జనవరి
- 3జనవరిశని
- ఫిబ్రవరి
- 1ఫిబ్రవరిఆది
- మార్చి
- 3మార్చిమంగళ
- ఏప్రిల్
- 2ఏప్రిల్గురు
- జూన్
- 29జూన్సోమ
- జులై
- 29జులైబుధ
- ఆగస్టు
- 28ఆగస్టుశుక్ర
- సెప్టెంబర్
- 26సెప్టెంబర్శని
- అక్టోబర్
- 26అక్టోబర్సోమ
- నవంబర్
- 24నవంబర్మంగళ
- డిసెంబర్
- 24డిసెంబర్గురు
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