Gangaur Puja 2025: A Festival For Marital Bliss

Have you heard of Gangaur Puja, the most significant festival of Rajasthan? Gangaur Puja 2025 is celebrated with great spirit throughout India. It is one of the most sacred festivals. This festival falls on the Tritiya Tithi of Shukla Paksha (Chaitra Month), lasting for 18 days. Let’s explore the festival of Gangaur in detail! 

• Gangaur 2025 Date: 31st March, 2025 (Monday) 
• Tritiya Tithi Begins: 09:11 AM on Mar 31, 2025
• Tritiya Tithi Ends: 05:42 AM on Apr 01, 2025

Gangaur Puja 2025: Understanding Its Significance

Gangaur Puja 2025 is a significant occasion where you can seek blessings from Lord Shiva and Goddess Gauri. This is the festival where women dress in traditional attire and pray to Lord Shiva and Gauri Mata for the longevity of their husbands.

By offering prayers and following all the rituals, you can get a loving and caring partner like Lord Shiva. On this day, Goddess Parvati offered her Suhag items to unmarried women. Women offer prayer and observe a fast for their husbands and seek blessings for their marital life. 

Gangaur Pooja 2025: Learning The Mythology Associated

Like any other Hindu festival celebrated in India, the festival of Ganguar also has a story associated with it. The mythology associated with the celebration of Gangaur puja 2025 adds more importance to the festival.

Lord Shiva, Goddess Gauri And Her Suhagras

One day, Lord Shiva, Goddess Gauri, and Narad Muni explored the forest. There they met their devotees, who felt highly blessed, happy and excited to see them together. They offered food to Goddess Gauri and Lord Shiva out of their devotion. However, impressed by their dedication and love, Goddess Gauri offers all her Suhagras (Shingar items) to her devotees as a blessing. 

The Blessings From Gauri’s Blood

Furthermore, Lord Shiva and Goddess Gauri were about to leave the forest when they saw more devotees coming with food to seek blessings. On seeing this, Lord Shiva politely asked his wife, Goddess Gauri, what blessing she would offer to her devotees since she had already given away all her Shingar items to other devotees.

Goddess Parvati gently smiles and says she will give the devotees her blood as a blessing. Therefore, she puts a small cut on her fingertip and sprinkles her blood on the devotees, blessing them with a happy and prosperous marital life. 

Gangaur Puja 2025: About The Rituals And Puja Vidi

Mentioned below are some of the important Puja vidhi and rituals of Gangaur Puja 2025 celebration. Make sure you follow all the rituals with devotion to seek the blessings of the divine. 

• Before the primary day of Puja approaches, devotees cleanse their homes to welcome Lord Shiva and Goddess Gauri. 
• The first day of Gangaur Puja starts with Gauri Avahan. During this devotees place the idols of Lord Shiva and Gauri Mata. 
• Devotees dress up the idols with new clothes, apply Sindoor, and offer flowers and prasad. 
• The Satyanarayan Puja follows the second day. On this day, the devotees keep a special puja at home for the well-being of their home, family, and relationship. 
• The final day of the puja, known as Gaur Visarjan, devotees experience a bittersweet moment. It is a day to say goodbye to Parvati mata and Lord Shiva, thanking them for all the blessings. 

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