Annapurna Puja 2022 Date And Time, Significance, Vrat, Worship Items, and More

Annapurna Puja 2022 Date And Time, is a most important ritual that everybody had been waiting for. Annapurna pooja is done to signify the Goddess Annapurna so that we can lead a life where we need to yearn for food. Read the article given below to know Annapurna Puja 2022 Date And Time. Scroll the article to know more information on Annapurna Puja 2022 Date And Time.

by V Sruthi

Updated Mar 30, 2022

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Annapurna Puja 2022 Date And Time, Significance, Vrat, Worship Items, and More
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Annapurna Puja 2022

Annapurna Puja is one of the unique and ancient Hindu festivals. The day signifies the worship of Goddess Annapurna, who is called the Goddess of Nourishment. She is known to be the avatar of Parvati. This day is usually celebrated to know the importance of food in our lives and to be grateful for the morsel of food that we are getting daily to eat.  This also signifies that worshipping her would lead us into a life where we never run out of food. Scroll to the article given below to know more about this auspicious day in the Hindu Calendar.

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Annapurna Puja 2022 Date And Time 

Annapurna Puja is devoted to Goddess Annapurna and is celebrated during the Chaitra month. Annapurna Puja 2022 date is April 9. It drops on the eighth day during the Chaitra Navratri and is even a Basanti Puja component in India's eastern parts. Females perform Annapurna Pooja, and it is devoted to Goddess Annapurna, a part of Parvati that feeds the globe through food. Thus, the ritual is essential in India's Eastern and Northern parts. The exact timing of the pooja is not given as it falls on the Chaitra month. Scroll in the article given below to know more about Annapurna puja and Vrat.

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Annapurna Puja 2022 Significance

The Annapurna puja festival honors Goddess Annapurna, the Goddess of food and cooking. In Hindi, the word 'Anna' means 'food,' whereas 'Purna' means 'complete.' According to legend, when food began to run out on Earth, all humans, along with Lord Brahma and Vishnu, prayed to Lord Shiva. Goddess Parvati then appeared as Goddess Annapurna on the 'Purnima' of the month of Margashirsha and replenished the Earth's food supply. It is also believed that Goddess Annapurna ensures that her devotees, particularly those living in Kashi, have enough food to eat.

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Annapurna Puja and Vrat at Home

  • Annapurna Puja is observed for the welfare of all living beings.

  • There is no vrat or fasting on the day because Goddess Annapurna is the goddess of food and she wants her children to be content and full.

  • House is cleaned in the morning hours. Take bath and first offer prayers to Ganesha.

  • Next place a photo or painting or idol of Goddess Annapurna.

  • Offer prayers to the murti (painting). You can follow the usual puja method.

  • Leaves of fruit-bearing trees are kept near the painting. Five different types of food. Five different types of grains are also placed near the painting

Annapurna Puja Worship Items

  • Statue of Mother Annapurna

  • Silk string

  • Roli

  • sandalwood

  • Incense

  • Durva

  • Akshat

  • Paddy Plants (for the seventeenth day)

  • Seventeen types of dishes (for the seventeenth day)

  • Seventeen pots

  • Deep

  • Ghee

  • Red cloth

  • Water pot

  • Naivedya

  • Red flower

  • Red flower garland


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Annapurna Puja 2022 Date And Time - FAQs

1. What is Annapurna Jayanti?

Annapurna Jayanti is one of the ancient and unique Hindu festivals. The day commemorates birth anniversary of Goddess Annapurna, the Goddess of nourishment. Goddess Annapurna is known to be an avatar of Goddess Parvati.

2. What is Basanti puja?

It was the first durgapuja of world. In current days, the ghar jungle is in Durgapur, Purba Bardhaman, West bengal. They worshipped Devi durga in spring time. So, this festival is called Basanti puja

3. How can we worship Lord Annapurna Devi at home?

Worship Annapurna Devi God by reciting her thousand names and her one hundred and eight names. You can chant The Sri Annapurna Ashtakam composed by Shankaracharya. Chant the prayer and conduct the puja. Once the puja is over you can break your fast.

4. Who is Maa Annapurna?

Annapurna is the Goddess of the city of Kashi (Varanasi), where she is regarded as the queen of Varanasi alongside her consort Vishweshwar (Shiva), the King of Varanasi.

5. Who first started Durga Puja?

Nabakrishna Deb started the Durga Puja in Shobhabazar Rajbari in 1757. He set a pattern for the puja, which became a fashion and status symbol among the upcoming merchant class of Kolkata. The number of Englishmen attending the family Durga Puja became an index of prestige.

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