Women get rid of Rajaswala Dosha by performing Rishi Panchami.
Rishi Panchami is dedicated to the Saptarishis, namely Kashyapa, Atri, Bharadwaja, Vishvamitra, Gautama Maharishi, Jamadagni and Vashishtha.
September 20 marks the fast of Rishi Panchami and is celebrated on the fifth lunar day of Shukla Paksha in the month of Bhadrapada, as per the Hindu calendar. Rishi Panchami is a fast observed by women to pay respect to the Sapta Rishis, which means seven sages. This fasting helps the women to get purified from Rajaswala Dosha. Menstruation is a natural phenomenon in the life of women and the woman during that period is called rajaswala.
According to religious beliefs, women are said to attain salvation from their sins if they listen to or recite the vrat katha during this time. Pandit Manoj Upadhyay told News18 that this fast has immense significance for the women. This space expresses the puja rituals of the Rishi Panchami as described by Pandit Manoj Upadhyay.
Pandit Upadhyay said that women should clean their houses properly on this auspicious occasion. He added that the women should make a circle. Squircle is an intermediate shape between a square and a circle. They have to do this using ingredients like turmeric, kumkum, etc., and place the idols of saptarishis inside the squirrel.
He further said that women should then offer Panchamrit and water to the idol and then apply tilak made of sandalwood on the heads of the saptarishis idols. Women should also offer flowers and garlands to the idols. They should then offer the janeu or the Yajnopaveet, sweets and fruits also to the saptarishi idols.
This year, Panchami Tithi of Shukla Paksha in the Bhadrapada month started on September 19 at 1:43 PM and ends on September 20 at 2:16 PM. The auspicious time for worshiping Sapt Rishis is on September 20 from 11:01 AM to 1:28 PM.
Rishi Panchami is dedicated to the Saptarishis, namely Kashyapa, Atri, Bharadwaja, Vishvamitra, Gautama Maharishi, Jamadagni and Vashishtha. These rishis were the creation of Lord Brahma to teach people the values of truth, become good-natured people and become enlightened.
