Significance of Kartik Purnima Part 2 

The incarnation of Lord Vishnu as "Matsya Avatar" On Kartik Purnima

Kartik Purnima is also the "Janmadin of Matsya Avatar" which means the birthday of "Matsya Avatar" which means God Vishnu's incarnation in the form of Fish.   "Matsya" means fish, Matsya Avatar was one of the 10 avatars of Lord Vishnu means incarnations of the Lord Vishnu.  In this Matsya appearance, Lord Vishnu saved the World from a great flood.  It was the understanding between the first man Manu and a tiny fish, a tiny fish asked: "Manu to protect it from large fishes of the Ocean and against this help, it promised to protect Manu from a danger flood in the future".  Then Manu caught a little fish from the ocean and make all arrangements to live and grow big fish.  When that fish grew to giant size.  At the same time the flood approached, Manu saved himself by tying his boat to the horn on the fish's head.   Thus, Lord Visnu in His first Avatar or incarnation He protected the World and King Manu.  King Manu was the 7th Manu named Vaivasvata, who was the first man and ruled to the Human Being or the current Universe.  

Matsya Avatar of Lord Vishnu

The Birthday of Lord Kartikeya the God of War and The Son of Lord Shiva On Kartik Purnima

Kartik Purnima is the "Jnmadin" or the birthday of Lord Kartikeya the God of war and the son of Lord Shiva and Devi Parvati.  Lord Kartikeya also is known as Skanda, Kumara, Murugan, Subrahmanya, and many names.  According to the legend, Murugan is married to two deities. The first one is Devasena also called Devayani or Deivanai, the daughter of Lord Indra and his second wife is Valli, the daughter of a tribal chief.  The two wives of Lord Murugan, namely Devasena, and Valli refer to "Kriya Shakti and Ichha Shakti", meaning the Power of Action and the Power of Will respectively, while Lord Murugan represents "Gnyana Shakti" means the power of Wisdom.  Lord Kartikeya an important deity in the Indian subcontinent since ancient times, Kartikeya is particularly popular and predominantly worshiped in South India, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia as Murugan. 

Lord Kartikeya with Devasena and Valli

Rasa - Lila of Lord Krishna and Radha with Gopikas On Kartik Purnima

Kartik Purnima is also famous for "Rasa - Lila of Lord Krishna and Radha with Gopikas".  According to the "Bhagavata Purana" and "Gita Govinda", both are literature related to the Lord Vishnu describes "Rasa Lila" means aesthetics dance or act, which is a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, where Lord Krishna dances with Radha and Her 'sakhis' means girlfriends of Mata Radha are also called "Gopies or Gopika Strees".   The Rasa Lila also called 'Ras Dance', 'Krishna Tandava', 'Raslila of Braj', and 'Manipuri Classical Dance called Vrindavana' also known as Natwari Nritya.  One of the famous classical dances of India called 'Kathak' is evolved from the Rasa-Lila only and in 1960, it was revived by the famous Kathak Dancer called Uma Sharma.  On the whole this 'Rasa Lila' is famous as "Dance of Divine Love".

The Rasa Lila is the program of one night means 'one Night of Brahma', according to the Hindu unit of time one night is lasting approximately 4.32 billion years.  When the Gopis of Vrindavana, upon hearing the sound of Krishna Kanniah's flute, sneak away from their households and families to the forest to dance with Krishna throughout the night.  Here Lord Krishna and Radhamai are supernatural divine power and Gopicas were the representation of the human being and the relation through dance is Romantic Love between 'Atma and Parmatma'.  Nowadays this Rasalila will celebrate on Kartika Purnima Night and throughout the night devotees enjoy the spiritual love of Lord Krishna and blessings of Radhamai.

Rasa-Lila of Lord Krishna,, Radha and Gopikas

Depend on the falls of 'Nakshatra' means stars one of the important heavenly bodies according to astrology and astrophysics, the festival has even more significance than the general "Kartika Purnima".  If the 'Nakshatra' means a lunar mansion if it is Kritika Nakshatra and is then called 'Maha Kartik Purnima'.   Or the Nakshatra is "Rohini", then the fruitful results are even much more comparing to the Nakshatra, Kritika.  The nakshatra is Bharani, the results are stated to be special for marriage, business, to start a new business, or to construct new houses, etc, Any philanthropic act on this day is supposed to bring benefits and blessings equal to the performing of ten 'Yajnas or Yagnas' means sacrifices.

Chaturmas - The Sleeping Period of The Lord Vishnu Around Four Months

Kartik Purnima is closely related to Prabodhini Ekadashi which marks the end of Chaturmas, a four-month period when Vishnu is believed to be in a state of deep meditation, it's also called "Yoga Nidra", in general, we called the sleeping period of the Lord Vishnu around four months.  The Lord Vishnu, who protects the Universe, rests on the Adi Shesha or the Shesha Naag. And the Shesha Naag is the seven-hooded serpent, which is always in the service of God Vishnu, during the Chaturmas underneath the 'Kshirasagara' means Cosmic Ocean. According to Hinduism, Chaturmas is a holy period of four 'masas' means months - Shravan masa, Bhadrapada masa, Ashwin masa and Kartik masa.  Chaturmas shall begin with Devshayani Ekadashi and culminate with Prabodhani Ekadashi.  Prabodhini Ekadashi signifies the awakening of the Lord Vishnu.

Many Fairs begin on Prabodhini Ekadashi End on Kartik Purnima

Many fairs that begin on Prabodhini Ekadashi end on Kartik Purnima.  Fairs that conclude on this day include Prabodhini Ekadashi celebrations at Pandharpur and Pushkar Fair. Kartik Purnima usually is the most important day of the fair. Kartik Purnima is also the last day to perform the Tulsi Vivah ceremony that can be performed from Prabodhini Ekadashi.

Kartik Snana - A Ritual Bath

Generally in Kartik Masa, throughout the month a ritual bath takes place early in the morning around 5:30 AM, understanding that good for health and after the bath devotees will go to the temple to do 'Bhajan and other Seva like 'Pooja' means a group prayer and worship the Gods and Goddesses.

"Kartik Snana" will take place on Kartik Purnima means a ritual bath at a "Tirtha Sthana" at a sacred water body like a river, Tirtha Kunda, Sometimes, a lake also depends upon its sacredness and purity.  Devotees visit some pilgrim centers to take Kartik Snana on Kartik Purnima.  A holy bath at Pushkar or in the Ganga river, and wherever the river Ganga flows is considered as most auspicious on Kartik Purnima.  A ritual bath in the Ganga river at Varanasi is considered as the most sacred Kartik Snana of Kartik Purnima or sometimes the whole Kartik Masa. Not only in river Ganga, other rivers like the Yamuna, Godavari, Saraswati, Narmada, Sindhu, and Kaveri also devotees visit according to their convenience to take a ritual bath on Kartik Purnima. 

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