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Significance of Chitra Pournami

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Significance of Chitra Pournami



Chitra Pournami, or Chithirai Poornima, is the ritual observed on the full moon day in the month of Chitirai (April – May).

In 2014 it falls on 15 th May


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Chitra Pournami or Chitirai Purnima is a ceremony observed on the Poornima day (full moon day) in the Tamil month of Chitirai (April – May). Chitra Pournami ritual commemorates Chitragupta who according to the scripts is the assistant of Lord Yama, the God of Death. The day is also dedicated to Indra, the head of Devas. It is on this day that the star Chitra and full moon come together.


Chitra means collection of pictures and Gupta means Hidden. Chitra Poornima is the day sacred to Chitra Gupta, the Keeper of Deeds. Lord Brahma created Chitra Gupta through the Sun God and He is considered as the younger brother of Lord Yama. It is believed that Chitragupta examines the good and bad performances of the person. When a person dies, his soul first goes to Lord Yama, where Chitragupta tallies the deeds and report it to Yama. On this day, special poojas are conducted at temples and people take bath in holy rivers and temple ponds to wash away the sins committed and to bag the virtue for the life beyond!.

Chitra Pournami is a time when your sins can all be cleansed. This is also one of the Full Moons during the year that attracts the most people to make the sacred walk around the holy mountain, Arunachala (Tiruvanamalai ). The estimate of the crowd for this night is over one million people, this in a city of about 200,000. ). Many people come and make the 14 km walk around Arunachala, and they will need to eat and drink.

Most people walk on the roads that circle Arunachala, making pradakshina (or girivalam in Tamil) to Arunachala. More than half of the distance, they walk on “Hill Round Road” (or “Girivalam Road” in Tiruvanamalai. Many people would keep fasting and make the sacred walk on chitra pournami day .So by offering food like meals too many thousands of people during this night would receive the blessing from Almighty directly along with this you can vanish the karma which is on you.

Chitragupta Temple at Kanchipuram is the only one temple in South India dedicated to Chitragupta. He reminds us of an invisible higher power that constantly watches over us, and provokes us to mind our conduct and behavior. It is believed that those who do not attain a balance between their good-deeds and misdoings have to attain a re-birth in any living form, to complete the life cycle.

Legend

There is a legend associated with Chitra Poornima involving Lord Indra, the king of Gods, and his Guru Brihaspati. Lord Indra and Brihaspati once had an argument. As Indra failed to respect Guru, he stopped advising Indra who started committing sins in the absence of Guru. Days passed and Brihaspathi returned to his duty. He advised Indra for a pilgrimage to the earth to lessen the burden of sins. During the pilgrimage, Indra realized that he had been redeemed from the sins. He found a Shiva lingam under a Kadamba tree and believed that Lord Shiva had helped him in relieving his sins. Following this, he started worshipping him. He worshipped Lord Shiva with a golden lotus which he found from a nearby pond.

This was believed to be happened on a Chitra Pournami day and the place was Madurai in South India. Devendra (Lord) puja is held during Chitra Pournami day in Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple, commemorating the event.



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Very informative post as usual, P J Sir. :)

Last year, I wanted to take the picture of rising Moon from the beach but

ended up capturing some Sun set images, because of the clouds in the East!

Enjoy this beautiful photo of rising Moon from Google images. :thumb:

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Thanks Raji Madam

It is always a mesmerizing experience to watch a Full moon ; when i was young, we used to sleep on the Terrace watching the moon moving among the clouds!!!
 
Have you forgotten those days when( NIZHA) NILA SAPPADU. Amma pisainju kaiyila poduvaley!! pathu uruppidikkum. Avvalavu kuzhanthaikal oru veetil ippo parkkavum mudiyathu.
 
Chitra gupta temple located near kanchipuram bus stand, If one comes out, there is a junction where four roads meet, if your back is facing the bus stand, then need to go right, walk for a few minutes opp, side you can find the chitragupta temple, not a mighty one compared to kanchi kamakshi, but a small one.

Some astrologers suggest that after visiting kalahasti(rahu preeti), one should visit chitragupta temple for ketu preeti),
 
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