Chitlagai Amabasya(HARIYALI)(Shravan puja.1)

Chitlagai Amabasya(HARIYALI)(Shravan puja.1)
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 Chitlagai Amavasya date In 2023 is 17th july monday..(Shravan amavasya)
Hariyali Amavasya is celebrated on the ‘amavasya’ (no moon day) during the ‘Krishna Paksha’ in the ‘Shravana’ month. It marks the onset of the monsoon. It is the first Amavasya of the Shravana month. It holds strong religious values. On this day, Lord Shiva is worshipped with devotion. The festivities of Hariyali Amavasya are very renowned in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh. In Maharashtra, it is celebrated as ‘Gatari Amavasya.’ In Andhra Pradesh as ‘Chukkala Amavasya,’ and in Odisha, it is known as ‘Chitalagi Amavasya.’

It is an important festival in Puri Jagannath Temple. ‘Chita’ or decorating Lord Jagannath’s forehead with a golden mark is the main ritual of this Amabasya in Puri Jagannath Temple.

‘Chitou Pitha’, a special rice recipe, is offered to Lord Jagannath on this day. In rural areas of Odisha, this festival is celebrated as an agricultural festival .

History with Lord Jagannath

As Lord Jagannath is the presiding deity of Odisha. Many of His festivals are also devotionally followed in Odia households. Chitalagi or Chitou Amavasya is one such festival which falls on the new-moon day of the sravana (August). On this day, in the temple of Jagannath, the deity bears a golden mark (chita) on the forehead. A special variety of rice-cake known as Chitou pitha is given to the deity as food-offering. This variety is also prepared in every household of the Oriyas of the coastal districts.

Related with Farmer :-

In rural areas this is more or less observed as an agricultural festival. On this occasion the farmers worship the paddy-fields. After a purificatory bath in the morning they go to their respective paddy-fields with cake, flowers, milk etc and pray the fields to yield a good crop.

Tradition of Chitou Amabasya:-

It is in the primitive tradition to appease evil powers through worship; whether they are animals, serpents, inspects or plants. People worship and pray them to avoid their wrath. Pilas breed enormously in the paddy-fields and tanks during the rainy season. Farmers while working bare-footed in the fields often get their feet cut by the sharp edge of their shells. Therefore, during the festival the piles is appeased as a female form of evil power known as ‘Gandeisuni’ (Genda is pile). The farmer girls go to the fields and while offering cakes pray “Oh, Gandeisuni, be appeased and do not cut the legs of my father or brother”.

Importance of Harali kans :-

In Sambalpur areas this festival is known as ‘Harali kans‘. People of the areas believe it to be a day of the witch, Tandei who moves in the dark to suck the blood of the children. To save children from her wrath mothers draw peculiar designs below the naval zone of the children before the night falls. As they believe that would scare away witch, a common variety of rice-cake Chakuli Pitha is offered to the witch to be appeased and thereafter the cake is taken by all.


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महोत्सव के नाम: चितालागी अमावस्या


उत्सव के समय (माह) : चितालागी  अमावस्या  या चितु अमावस्या श्रवण मास  की नया चाँद के दिन पर मनाया जाता है.

समारोह के प्रमुख शासित प्रदेश : चितालागी अमावस्या उड़ीसा, भारत में मनाया जाता है

समारोह में पूजा : इस दिन ग़ेन्देइसुनि घोंघे और कस्तूरी की देवी की पूजा की जाती है.

समारोह के बारे में : इस दिन एक विशेष प्रकार का चावल का केक जिसे 'चितु' कहते है को मंदिर में भगवान जगन्नाथ को पेश करते है  केक लगभग हर घर में तैयार किया जाता है और स्वाद के साथ खाया जाता है. इस दिन एक विशेष प्रकार का चितु पिता हर घर में तैयार किया जाता है .चितालागी अमावस्या के दिन पर, एक विशेष अनुष्ठान पुरी जगन्नाथ मंदिर में आयोजित किया जाता है. जगन्नाथ की मूर्ति के माथे को एक सुनहरा निशान  के साथ सजाया जाता है जिसे चिट्टा के रूप में जाना जाता है