Sharad Purnima 2019- 5 Least Known Facts About Sharad Purnima

Sharad Purnima is a harvest festival which marks the end of monsoon and is celebrated on the full moon day of the month of Ashwin (September-October). It is also believed that this day the earth and moon are very close to each other and beams of the moon can be very beneficial for the human body and the soul because they have a certain healing property.

* The Bhagvad Gita, is recited throughout the night, and the devotees observing a fast keep awake through the night. Next day with the breaking of the fast, the oblations are offered to the personal God.Young women may undertake the fast considering Krishna as their consort.

* Sharad Poornima is also known as Kojagari Poornima. It is believed that on this night Goddess Lakshmi visits from place to place asking "Kojagari??" meaning "Who is awake" and bless those who are found awake.Hence people don't sleep this night and spend whole night by playing games, singing and doing all amusing activities.

* The showering of Bhakti Raas on the Sharad Poornima night by Krishna on Gopis and Radha has been a main theme for poets and philosophers and still continues to attract the fantasies of common man. The Sharad Poornima night is also seen as the night of love and couples come out at night to face the moon and express their love. It is also said that the moon is close to the earth on the day and due to this the rays of the moon has several curative properties.

* In some regions, Poha, puffed rice, and kheer, sweet, is prepared and left in the moonlight and is consumed later. In some areas, the full moon is not seen directly instead it seen on a vessel filled with boiling milk

* At night, Indra on Erawat elephant (white elephant) and Mahalakshmi are worshipped. Puja is performed by lighting lamps, incense sticks, flowers etc. This day, minimum of 100 lamps and maximum of 1 lakh lamps are lighted.