Anant Chaturdashi In 2016

Anant Chaturdashi in 2016 is on September 15. The main essence of the festival Anant Chaturdashi 2016 is to take vow in the name of Lord Anant and getting involved in his service. Read this article to know more on Anant Chaturdashi 2016.

What Is Anant Chaturdashi?

Anant Chaturdashi is a festival celebrated in Jain religion. But, many followers of Hinduism also celebrate Anant Chaturdashi as their own festival. The name �Anant Chaturdashi' signifies the complete relevance of the festival. Anant is the name of Lord in whose name the festival Anant Chaturdashi is celebrated. Lord Anant is a name given to the 2016 Lord Vishnu2016 . The Nag (Shesh) of the Lord Vishnu and Yamuna are also worshiped during Anant Chaturdashi along with Lord Anant. Chaturdashi symbolizes the fourteenth bright day in the month of Bhadrapada in accordance to the Hindu lunar calendar.2016

The day of Anant Chaturdashi usually coincides with that of Ganesha Visarjan. There are various ways of celebrating Anant Chaturdashi. People in different communities have different beliefs regarding the festival and celebrate it in different ways.2016

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How To Celebrate Anant Chaturdashi?

Anant Chaturdashi is a festival celebrated in Jain religion. But, many followers of Hinduism also celebrate Anant Chaturdashi as their own festival. The name Anant Chaturdashi' signifies the complete relevance of the festival. Anant is the name of Lord in whose name the festival Anant Chaturdashi is celebrated.

Anant Chaturdashi 2016 Date: September 15, 2016

Anant Chaturdashi 2017 Date: September 05, 2017

Observances: Worshipping of Lord Vishnu, offering of panchamrit

Like all the years, people while celebrating Anant Chaturdashi in 2016 too will show their true devotion toward Lord Vishnu. The rituals of the festival Anant Chaturdashi will be followed wholeheartedly and almost by everyone. The vow taken on the day of the Anant Chaturdashi is the thing that makes this festival a unique medium of connecting humans to God. Men and women both can make the vow and should have faith in Almighty to complete the vow.2016

Anant Chaturdashi is one of those festivals that is celebrated together not alone. The gathering of women invokes life in the celebrations of the festival Anant Chaturdashi. They come together to take vow in the name of Lord Anant and to worship Lord Vishnu. People offer prayers to Lord Vishnu with a faith that their prayers are being heard and they will be blessed with the kindness of Lord. In some areas people keep wooden plank with 14 Tilaks on it. All the offerings such as food including Puris, Puaas and Panchamrit are kept on this wooden plank while worshiping. Panchamrit is a thing without which the offerings for this festival are incomplete. Panchamrit is made of milk, curd, honey and ghee (purified butter).2016

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The celebrations of the festival Anant Chaturdashi comes to an end when all the people finally tie a knot, first to the tree of cucumber and then on the wrist of the men or women. There are some amazing facts related to the festival Anant Chaturdashi. Such as a person should perform all these rituals for continuous 14 years and the knot of thread must only be taken out of wrist after the completion of 14 days.2016

Why Is Anant Chaturdashi Celebrated?

As per the details of the mythology there was a girl named Sushila who after getting the knowledge of Lord Anant's vow took a vow herself. The vow that she took made her and her husband very rich. They started enjoying their life and there was nothing less for them. Sushila was utterly devoted toward her vow and she used to follow all the rituals seriously. One day her husband found her wife worshipping Ananta and an argument between them broke out. He insisted that all the wealth and happiness that they posses is due to his hard work and dedication and he refused to believe on the blessings of Lord Anant. From then onwards, everything started going downhill in their life, poverty struck them and after that they had to go through very difficult times of their life.2016

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All these miseries made this thing very clear to the husband of Sushila that he made a huge mistake by not cherishing Lord's kindness but questioning it. Kaundinya, the husband of Sushila, then spent his life in the search of Lord Anant. It is not an easy task to find the Lord. Disappointed from all his efforts in finding him, he decided to give up his life. This approach of him made Lord Anant appear in front of him. Lord Anant came in front of him in the form of a Brahmin and advised him to follow the rituals with pure heart. As advised Kaundinya then took care of all the rituals and with pure heart he performed the rituals, took vow and also worshipped Lord Anant. This filled their life again with abundant happiness and health.2016

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This story not only establishes a firm faith on the Almighty but also makes a person aware of Lord's anger. The Almighty only demands respect and love in return of all his kindness. Take the vow of Lord Anant on Anant Chaturdashi in 2016 and experience ultimate pleasure. Wish you a happy Anant Chaturdashi 2016 !2016