Significance & Spiritual Meaning
Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues
Significance & Spiritual Meaning
Gita Jayanti is the day Lord Krishna spoke the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna at Kurukshetra, on Margashirsha Shukla Ekadashi.
Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues
The Gita is the teaching of 700 verses on duty, devotion and knowledge. It is read and recited on this day, above all at Kurukshetra.
Key Rituals & Observance
Step-by-step sacred rituals and worship practices
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Recitation of the Bhagavad Gita, in part or whole.
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Talks on its teaching and a fast by some.
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Worship of Lord Krishna.
Sacred Deity & Powerful Mantras
Lord Krishna • Vedic and Puranic chants for peace and blessings
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Lord Krishna · Mantra
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय ॥
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
Meaning
Salutations to Lord Krishna.
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.