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A legend behind the Ananta Chaturdashi is found in the Mahabharata. It recounts the story of a woman named Sushila, who encountered a group of women worshipping Ananta near a riverbank. They explained that the performance of this vrata (pious observance) would earn great merit for the performer and offer them safety.
Chaturdashi (Sanskrit: चतुर्दशी, romanized: caturdaśī) is the 14th day of the waxing phase or waning phase of the moon in the Hindu calendar. [1] This is the day prior to new moon ( amavasya ) or full moon ( purnima ).
On Vaikuntha Chaturdashi, Dalvi went to the tank, early in the morning, offered his obeisance to Shivaji and Jijabai, when other courtiers and citizens had gathered to watch the event. Then he lay down flat on the ground in front of the tank and shot arrows one after the other in quick succession to cut the lotus stems.
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Naraka Chaturdashi (also known as Kali Chaudas, Narak Chaudas, Roop Chaudas, Choti Diwali, [1] Narak Nivaran Chaturdashi and Bhoot Chaturdashi) is an annual Hindu festival that falls on Chaturdashi (the 14th day) of the Krishna Paksha in the Hindu calendar month of Ashvin (according to the amanta tradition) or Kartika (according to the ...
The fourteenth day is known as Ghata chaturdashi or Ghayala chaturdashi, and is reserved for those people killed by arms, in war or suffering a violent death. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] Sarvapitri amavasya (all ancestors' new moon day) is intended for all ancestors, irrespective of the lunar day they died.
Narasimha Jayanti is referenced in the Padma Purana and Skanda Purana as Narasimha Chaturdashi. [11] The worship of Narasimha has been present in South India for millennia, with the Pallava dynasty popularising the sect and its practices. [12] Inscriptions have also been found referring to the occasion dating back to the Vijayanagara Empire. [13]
[2] [3] The festival ends on the tenth day after start, when the murti is carried in a public procession with music and group chanting, then immersed in a nearby body of water such as a river or sea, called visarjana on the day of Ananta Chaturdashi. In Mumbai alone, around 150,000 murtis are immersed annually. [1] [4] [5]