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Goverdhan puja is a well-known festival among Hindu religions in which people offer a large number of foods to Lord Krishna. This is a thanksgiving ceremony to the lord Krishna as he has rescued residents of Vrindavan from a heavy rainfall. At that time, Lord Krishna had lifted the whole Goverdhan hill by his hand to save the villagers. According to the Vikram sambhat calendar, the first day of it the puja takes place. Let’s have a look at the detail of the ceremony.
Puja Ceremony
During this puja, people offer cereals like rice, gram flour, wheat, and leafy vegetables to the Lord Krishna. The festival takes place on the previous day of the Annakut ceremony. Within a number of variations, the festival takes place. In this puja technique, idols get placed like the cow dung position. As per this position, the structure of the lord takes place. After creating structure, it gets enlightened with lamps. After the whole decoration procedure, ladies first start worshiping god.
Story behind The puja
Once upon a time, lord Indra gets angry towards the villagers of Vrindavan. As per his curse, heavy rainfall takes place. A huge flood bursts upon Vrindavan. To save villagers, lord Krishna made a plan. He lifted Goverdhan hill in his finger and requested all villagers to take shelter under the hill. In this way, Goverdhan Giri and Lord Krishna saved the life of a number of people.
From that time, Goverdhan puja takes place every year on the first day of the Vikram sambhrant calendar. This is the festival to show tribute to Lord Krishna and Govardhan hill. Both Lord and hill have helped people to survive from the natural disaster. The puja also takes place every year to worship hills and lords so that people can save their life from the natural disaster.
Significance of the puja
Goverdhan puja is not just a ritual; it contains a number of significance also. The main significance of the puja is it is the tribute giving ceremony to the lord Krishna, Mountains, and much more. In this puja, people worship mountains so that they can give shelter to the people when they need help in natural disasters.
At the time of Goverdhan puja, people worship their cows and bulls also. They at first, bath their cows and bulls and make them colorful using colors. They also use flowers and garlands to decorate their look. On the New Year day of Gujarati people, the puja takes place. The day is also denoted as the Shukla Paksha Pratipada of Kartik month.
Overall, it can be said that the puja carries a lot of significance for which most of the Gujarat people perform this puja even at their place.
Conclusion
The article has gone through the significance as well as the detailed rituals of the Puja ceremony. The puja is also denoted as one of the popular tribute giving ceremonies to the lord Krishna where most of the ladies provide tribute to Lord Krishna like their family
member.