{"id":15981,"date":"2021-10-08T11:37:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T06:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/?p=15981"},"modified":"2021-10-08T11:37:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T06:07:10","slug":"significance-of-ayudha-puja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/significance-of-ayudha-puja","title":{"rendered":"Significance of Ayudha puja &#038; its Ceremonies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Significance-of-Ayudha-puja.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Significance-of-Ayudha-puja.jpg\" alt=\"Significance of Ayudha puja\" width=\"750\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Significance-of-Ayudha-puja.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Significance-of-Ayudha-puja-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Significance-of-Ayudha-puja-610x285.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Ayudha Puja \u2013 Introduction <\/h1>\n<p>Ayudha Puja is a part of the Dussera, a famous Hindu festival. It is also known as &#8220;Astra Puja&#8221;. The meaning of the term Ayudha Puja is &#8220;Worship of Instruments.&#8221; It is widely celebrated in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha, and Maharashtra. Though <a href=\"https:\/\/academy.pillaicenter.com\/course\/navaratri-9-nights-goddess\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Navaratri<\/a> is celebrated across the country, few differences exist in the festival practices and ceremonies due to cultural and traditional differences of the regions. <\/p>\n<p>Ayudha puja festival falls on the tenth day of the bright half of Moon&#8217;sMoon&#8217;s cycle of 15 days in September\/October. On the tenth day of the Dasara festival, it is a long followed custom to worship the weapons and tools.<\/p>\n<p>During Ayudha puja, the devotees worship the female Hindu trinity goddesses Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati, and puja is performed to weapons, instruments, and equipment. While soldiers perform puja to the weapons, the artisans and others perform puja to various tools and equipment they use in their daily life. Likewise, students do puja to their textbooks and their stationery items. <\/p>\n<p>Ayudha Puja promotes the belief that work is worship. It has evolved as a thanksgiving day for the goddesses who aid the successful running of a business and profession.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href='https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/navratri-pooja.aspx' class='big-button bigblue' target=\"_blank\">JOIN NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Legends of Ayudha Puja <\/h1>\n<p>The legend of Ayudha Puja dates back to Mahabharata; it is believed that on Vijayadashami day, Arjuna, the third of the five Pandavas, retrieved his war weapons from the hole in the Shami tree. These were the weapons that he had hidden before proceeding one year of Agyatavasa (living incognito). In the Kurukshetra war that followed, Arjuna played a significant role in the victory of the Kurukshetra war. <\/p>\n<p><strong>2021 Ayudha Puja date<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year Ayudha Puja festival is on the 14th October (Thursday). Evening time is auspicious to perform the puja.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pooja Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following is a list of the main articles required for Ayudha puja.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Portrait or idols of Goddesses Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvathi<\/p>\n<p>\u2022A Plank\/Peeta for placing the idols or pictures.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022A white cloth (vastram) to cover the plank.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Flowers to perform Archana (Pooja) to the tri-devis.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Mango leaves, small plantains &#038; other decorations<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Turmeric powder<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Kumkum<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Raw Rice<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Coconut, betel leaves &#038; nuts.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Fruits like banana, pomegranate, guava, grapes, etc. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022Banana leaf or a clean plate for keeping prasad.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Other pooja items like sesame oil, ghee, camphor, incense sticks, and dhoop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedure to celebrate Ayudha Puja<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following procedures are followed while celebrating the Ayudha puja.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Ensure your home or the office and business premises where you would be performing the puja is clean.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Dust the instruments and equipment used in your business or profession.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Decorate your home and premises with flowers, paper banners, and mango leaves.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Draw the rangoli in front of the pooja room and at the gate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Prepare a mix of sandal paste and fetch the sacred vibhuthi and vermillion powder to draw tilak marks on the tools and equipment you use at your home, office, or factory.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022If you are a student, you can place tilaks on your books too. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022You can also wash your vehicles too and keep tilak on them and perform Vahana puja.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Prepare neivedhya for the goddesses. You can prepare sweets, kheers, and can offer fresh fruits too.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Place the statues or portraits of Goddesses Saraswathi, Lakshmi, and Parvathi over a wooden plank or pita.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Decorate the image or idol of Goddesses with flowers and garlands.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Invoke Lord Ganesha first by chanting a simple sloka.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Light the lamp and dhoop and perform pooja to the goddesses<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Chant Devi shloka and mantras and then offer the prasad prepared by you.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Complete the puja by performing the Aarti to the Goddesses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href='https:\/\/academy.pillaicenter.com\/course\/navaratri-9-nights-goddess\/' class='big-button bigblue' target=\"_blank\">JOIN NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Significance of Ayudha Puja <\/h1>\n<p>\u2022Ayudha Puja is an ideal day to seek blessings from the three goddesses to succeed in life.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022The festival is an excellent opportunity to thank God for all the positives that happened to you during the last year and pray for a better life in the upcoming year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022The day signifies victory, and so anything commenced on this day is believed to turn fruitful.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Ayudha puja signifies the victory of good over evil.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022This festival helps us realize the importance of respecting women.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022One who prays to the three goddesses Saraswathi, Lakshmi, and Parvathi will gain knowledge, wealth, and power.<\/p>\n<p>Pillai Center is organising several events to celebrate Ayudha Puja. Check the below link to know more about the events and click on the sign up button to join us for the 2021 Ayudha Puja celebration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href='https:\/\/academy.pillaicenter.com\/specials\/2021-navaratri-program\/' class='big-button bigblue' target=\"_blank\">JOIN NOW<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ayudha Puja \u2013 Introduction Ayudha Puja is a part of the Dussera, a famous Hindu festival. It is also known as &#8220;Astra Puja&#8221;. 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