Saint Valmiki Jayanti – Jai Shri
Ram! Varanasi Sacred Tourism, Aktha Pahariya
( the 2nd Online
Travel, Aktha Pahariya Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Saint Valmiki is the author of
Ramayana. Valmiki invented ‘shloka’ and he is known as Adi Kavi which means
First Poet. In his early life he was a robber named Ratnakar who use to kill
people and rob them. Once, he tried to rob the divine sage Narada for the benefit
of his family. Then sage asked him if his family would share the sin which he
incur for doing robbery. Ratnakar replied positively, but Sage asked him to
confirm this with his family. When he asked his family no one agreed to take
the burden of sin. Then Ratnakar understood the truth of life and asked for
Sage's forgiveness. Narada taught Ratnakar the mantra for salvation. Mantra
contained Lord Rama name and it should not be used by murderers like him. So
Narada told Ratnakar to chant “Mara” instead of “Rama”. He meditated for so
many years that ant-hills grew around his body. Finally, a divine voice
declared his reparation successful and bestowed him with the name
"Valmiki": "one born out of ant-hills". Ramayana was
originally written by Valmiki and consists of 23,000 shlokas and 7 cantos.
Ramayana consists of about 480,002 words, which is one fourth of length of
Mahabharata.
Valmiki Jayanti is celebrated on the full moon day of Ashwin month of Hindu
calendar. According to Hindu calendar it comes in the month of
September-October. Valmiki Jayanti is celebrated widely throughout India.Valmiki
Jayanti is celebrated with great devotion and enthusiasm. It is considered as
auspious day and Subha Yatra are made in respect of Valmiki. Across India,
prasdham and food are distributed. Temples, especially Lord Rama and Valmiki
temple are well decorated with flowers, incense sticks, leaves and diyas.
Pundit chants prayers in his respect and Ramayana is read in temples.
Ramesh Verma CMD, The 2nd
Online Travel Aktha, Pahariya, Varanasi
Jai Shri Ram ! Varanasi Sacred
Tourism Aktha Pahariya , Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
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