The victory of good over evil, the celebration of courage. May this Narak Chaturdashi bring nothing but the best for you! Have a happy and safe Choti Diwali.
Narak Chaturdashi / Chhoti Diwali 2020 – Varanasi Holy Tourism, Aktha
Narak Chaturdashi on Saturday, November 14, 2020
Abhyang Snan Muhurat – 04:56 AM to 06:14 AM
Moonrise at Abhyang Snan – 04:56 AM
Abhyang Snan during Moonrise and Chaturdashi
Chaturdashi Tithi Begins – 05:59 PM on Nov 13, 2020
Chaturdashi Tithi Ends – 02:17 PM on Nov 14, 2020
Narak Chaturdashi as per the Scriptures
Significance of Chaturdashi and the Legendary tales about it
- The Killing of the Devil named, Narakasura: There once lived an evil named Narkasura, who with his supernatural abilities made it impossible for all the priests and saints to live in peace. His antics rose to such a level that it became almost impossible to keep him under check. Things took a turn for the worse when he took 16 thousand of the gods wives as hostage. Bearing every possible torture that the malicious Narakasura could throw at them, the saints and the priests went to Lord Krishna for help. Lord Krishna assured all the troubled saints and priests that justice would be served to the guilty party. Narkasura was cursed that he would die off the hands of a woman. So, very cleverly, Lord Krishna took aide of his wife and in the month of Kartik, on a Krishna paksha of the 14th day of the waning Moon, Lord Krishna finally brought upon justice by putting Narakasura to the sword. Once the Devil was dead, the 16 thousand hostage were freed. These 16 thousand hostage then came to be known as Patraniya.
After the death of Narakasura, on the new Moon of the month of Kartik, people light up diyas to celebrate Narak Chaturdashi and Diwali. 2. The Tale of Datyaraj Bali : This folklore clearly illustrates about the boon given to Datyaraj bali by Lord Krishna. In this, Lord Krishna took an incarnation of a dwarf and between the 13th day and new Moon, he measured/covered the entire kingdom of Datyaraj Bali in three steps. Seeing this, the kindhearted King Datyaraj Bali gave his entire kingdom to the dwarf king. After this, the dwarf king asked King Bali for a boon. Having asked for a boon, King Bali replied dear lord the time slot between the 13th day & the full moon, my kingdom should stand the test of time and shall always remain for these 3 days, also anyone who celebrates Diwali in my kingdom shall be blessed with wealth and galore. Also, on Chaturdashi, anyone who lights a diya shall not have their ancestors in hell or otherwise. They would be exempted the trip to hell and the god of death Yamraj shall do them no harm.
We at the 2nd Online Travel Varanasi wish you a very Happy Narak Chaturdashi & Chhoti Diwali.
Ramesh Verma – Cmd – The 2nd Online Travel Aktha , Varanasi
Narak Chaturdashi / Chhoti Diwali 2020 – Varanasi Holy Tourism, Aktha