Significance & Spiritual Meaning
Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues
Significance & Spiritual Meaning
Atla Tadde is a festival of women in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, on Ashwina Krishna Tritiya.
Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues
Women fast through the day, worship Goddess Gauri after moonrise, and eat atlu (a kind of dosa). They swing on swings tied to the trees.
Key Rituals & Observance
Step-by-step sacred rituals and worship practices
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A fast through the day and worship of Gauri at moonrise.
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The atlu is offered and eaten.
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Swings, songs and games.
Sacred Deity & Powerful Mantras
The Divine Mother • Vedic and Puranic chants for peace and blessings
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The Divine Mother · Mantra
ॐ दुं दुर्गायै नमः ॥
Om Dum Durgayai Namah
Meaning
Salutations to The Divine Mother.
108 JapaSacred Mantra
Fasting & Parana Guidelines
✓Keep the fast from sunrise, with water, fruit or milk only if the fast is not strict.
✓Avoid grain, onion, garlic and salt in the strict form of the fast.
✓Break the fast at the time the vrat directs, after the worship.