Significance of Shakambari Jayanthi
Shakambari Purnima otherwise called Shakambari Jayanti is the latest day of Shakambari Navratri. Most Navratri days starts on Shukla Pratipada. Nonetheless, Shakambari Navratri starts on Ashtami Tithi and closures on Purnima Tithi in the long stretch of Paush. Consequently, Shakambari Navratri is commended for add up to eight days and it is the latest day in the 8-day long celebration of Shakambari Navratri.
Nonetheless, after a few years, Shakambari Navratri may traverse for seven and nine days due to skipped Tithi and jumped Tithi individually. Shakambari Mata is an incarnation of Devi Bhagwati. Shakambari Mata is known as the Goddess of vegetables, foods grown from the ground leaves and is depicted with green surroundings of products of the soil around her. Individuals trust that Devi Bhagwati incarnated as Shakambari Mata to diminish starvation and sustenance emergency on the earth.
Shakambari Jayanti is celebrated to mark the birthday of Shakambari Mata, an incarnation of the Goddess Durga. Shakambari Mata is believed to be the goddess of flora and fauna. This festival is celebrated in many parts of India.
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Significance
Durga, the goddess of power, has larger than life place in Hindu religion and in the hearts of Hindus. There are many incarnations of the Goddess Durga among which one is Shakambari Devi. Shakambari Jayanti is considered to be the birthday of Shakambari Mata that falls on the last day of Shakambari Navratri festival. Mata Shakambari is believed to be the goddess of vegetables, fruits and green leaves and that is why she is worshipped in the very form of wearing green leaves and vegetables as her clothes.
Shakambari Devi Jayanti concludes the nine-day festival of Shakambari Navratri. It is celebrated on Paush Poornima.
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Legend
Devi Mahatmyam explains that once a draught of hundreds of years destroyed everything. Everything was dead, land barren. There was nothing to survive upon. Animals too had started dying. Then, many saints offered prayers to Goddess Durga. The goddess listened to their prayers and appeared in the incarnation of Shakambari Mata and brought forth fruits, vegetables and herbs from her own body to end the sufferings of people. She blessed the Earth with rain, and finally years of suffering, starvation was over and renewed life was bestowed upon earth. Since then many people in various regions of India celebrate Shakambari Jayanti.
There are many temples dedicated to Goddess Shakambari. Some of them are located in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. In Karnataka and other parts of southern India, Shakambari Mata is known as Goddess Banashankari.
Celebrations
The festival is celebrated mainly in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It is celebrated on a grand scale at Shakambaripuram Sakambari temple located in Chennai. People observe nine-day festival at the time of Paush Navratri that starts from eight day of Paush month (Paush Shukla Ashtami)till Paush Masam Poornima, the day when Shakambari Devi Jayanti is celebrated.
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