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Akshaya Tritiya

Akshaya Tritiya

Akshaya Tritiya day is the very auspicious day - there's no inauspiciousness to be found today so even checking muhurthas is considered unnecessary, so auspicious it is. Whatever one does for devotees, and for Krsna that person will get more benefit and it is eternal benefit and never lost.

Events that took place in this tithi:  
Chandana Yatra begins today where the Lordships are covered in Chandana!

The akshaya patra is said to have been given by the Sun god, it is the same pot that mother Draupadi used to cook in. It is said that from the time of turning it upwards for use on a day the pot will provide unlimited amounts of foodstuffs for the satisfaction of the Lord.

Sage Vyasadeva began to write the epic Mahabharata on this auspicious day for the welfare of all people in general including women and children.

On this day, Sudama gave the Lord a tiny portion of chipped rice and was rewarded with unimaginable opulence’s.

Draupadi was protected by Lord Krishna twice on this day, once when He provided her an unlimited sari at the dice game in return for a tiny piece of cloth, and later, when she needed to provide food for Durvasa muni, the Lord took a single grain of rice from her pot and satisfied the hunger of all the sages.Draupadi, the wife of the Pandavas, received the famous akshaya-patra from Lord Krishna on this day.

For the scheduled event date please check the Vaishnava calendar.