Why buy Gold on Akshay Tritya?
The untold tales of Akshaya Tritiya
|| ANNAPURNA AAVVHAANI ||
Considered the Golden Day of the year, Akshaya Tritiya means infinite abundance, holding great significance for Hindus and Jains. It is believed that buying gold on this festival guarantees endless wealth. Rituals are performed on this auspicious day to bless our inner soul and temples are visited to offer grains, wheat, rice, cloth, gold, gemstones, water, etc. to Brahmins and the needy.
Akshaya Tritiya - for what else is life if not the pursuit of unending peace and tranquility.
|| KUBER MUKUT||
Kuber, the prince of Lanka then known as the city of gold was banished by his brother Ravan. During his exile, Kuber led a devout life full of penance that won him the favour of the Gods. According to the Mahabharata, it was on the day of Akshaya Tritiya - the golden day of power and purity on earth that lord Kuber was crowned as the lord of wealth to the heavens and made the controller of the North. It is in his honour as the God of wealth that buying gold is considered auspicious and favourable.
Akshaya Tritiya - the story of boldness, scripted in gold.
॥ KRSNA LEELA - THE PANDAVA SAGA ॥
During their exile, the Pandavas foraged for sustenance within the forest. Once, when sage Durvasa visited the brothers for alms, Draupadi turned the wise-man away for the lack of a meal. Upon learning of the curse that could befall the Pandavas at the hands of the spurned sage, Lord Krsna came to their rescue and transformed the clan’s empty food pots into an Akshaya Patra - the vessel of unending abundance.
What began on this day is known to grow endlessly and hence people buy gold on Akshaya Tritiya hoping that their wealth will multiply in their household.
