Guest guest Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Hello Everyone.. MURUGA SARANAM I shall grateful if anyone can list out the rules for Shashti Viratham. Some people advised me against fasting if I am not fasting according to the rules, esp. for shashti. Some one said that I have to do that continuously for three years (or six years) and the completion of the fast or the last shashti of the third (or sixth) year should be done at Thiruchendur. I could be wrong, but I felt that after I stopped fasting for shashti my problems came down. Now I fast only for Krithigai. I shall be grateful for those who can correct me on this. MURUGA SARANAM With Best Regards Meyyappan S > I am looking for shasti dates for each month, as I > do viratham every > month for shasti. Sometimes I miss my dates...can > anyone give me the > dates of shasti for this year. > And if there exists any website which would provide > this info, let me > know. New and Improved Mail - Send 10MB messages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 hi meyappan, i used to follow shasti vratham in the following manner as advised by my friend/astrologer: starting from the first until the 6th day, i used to take food without salt. morning it would be fruits and night it will be chappathi or rice. but whatever food it take it should be free from salt. i used to do pooja for Lord Murugan everyday. the vratham ends with a visit to the temple on skanda shasti day. regular food may be resumed from 7th day onwards. strictly speaking, followers of skanda shasti vratham do not take any form of food at all. but office goers may follow the above guidelines so that their daily routine work is not affected. this vratham has wonderful effects. velum mayilum sevalum thunai hariharan India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 MURUGA SARANAM Dear Mr. Hariharan.. Thank you very much for the details. Currently I am observing Krithigai Vratham (as advised by friends) by abstaining from food water and sleep from dawn to dusk. Does this also add to the Shashti Vratham. Eating fruits in the morning means I understand that the rule of dawn-dusk does not apply. Another doubt is, if strict followers do not take any form of food at all, is it that they abstain from food only between dawn and dusk? Frankly speaking, so far, by His Grace, I have not found it difficult with abstaining from food, but I find it very difficult with sleep. Thank you again for clearing my doubts. MURUGA SARANAM With Best Regards Meyyappan S dhandapani , hariharan narayanan <hariharan_hn> wrote: > > > hi meyappan, > > i used to follow shasti vratham in the following manner as advised by my friend/astrologer: > > starting from the first until the 6th day, i used to take food without salt. morning it would be fruits and night it will be chappathi or rice. but whatever food it take it should be free from salt. i used to do pooja for Lord Murugan everyday. the vratham ends with a visit to the temple on skanda shasti day. regular food may be resumed from 7th day onwards. > > strictly speaking, followers of skanda shasti vratham do not take any form of food at all. but office goers may follow the above guidelines so that their daily routine work is not affected. this vratham has wonderful effects. > > velum mayilum sevalum thunai > > hariharan > > India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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