Akshaya Tritya is a very important day in the year as it is dedicated to Lord Vishnu and the goddess Laxmi. It is a very prominent belief among Hindus that Lord Vishnu fulfils the desires of all his devotees and, Goddess Laxmi bestows her devotees with wealth and prosperity. Thus Akshaya Tritiya is considered to be very auspicious bringing victory and good fortune. This is the chief reason why most people prefer to purchase valuable items like gold on this day. It has been a prominent belief that the wealth bought on this day never diminishes. These days, new ventures like investing in fixed deposits, share markets, purchasing of property etc. are also practised by people as they are considered to be very profitable due to the fact that they grow during the period of the entire year.

The puja for Akshaya Tritya is started by cleaning the house and body properly. Prayers are being offered to Lord Vishnu and Goddess Laxmi using Tulsi leaves, flowers and with the nine times jaap of mantra: “Om Namo Vishnudevaya Namah”, ”Om shree shree laxmi deviye Namah”. After this, the prayer of Goddess Laxmi is being read. As Prasad, fruits or sweets are being offered to god and then shared with relatives and friends. After the prayer “Annadhanam” which is offering food to the poor is being done as it is considered to be the purest thing being done. Donations are also considered to be the best thing for this day.

Akshaya Tritya holds slightly different significance in Hinduism and Jainism. According to Hinduism, on this day Lord Ganesha began writing the prominent Hindu epic called Mahabharata. In addition to that, this day is also celebrated as the birthday of the sixth avatar of Lord Vishnu, “Parshurama”.  Not only this, Hindu mythology also states that it was on the day of Akshay Tritya only, Lord Vishnu recovered the land from the sea and the sacred river Ganga was descended from heaven to earth. In terms of Jainism, this day is worshipped as a methodology called “Ahar Charya” in which food is prepared and served to Jain Monks was established.

In the year 2024 according to the solar calendar, this holy day will arrive on 10 May 2024, Friday

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for the year 2025, it is on 30 April 2025 Wednesday

Some of the benefits associated with Akshaya Tritya pujas are as follows:

1. Home is filled with prosperity.

2. All the lost money is being retrieved back.

3. Any new business started gets a boom in respective years.

4. Power of intuition to create more wealth.

5. Aspects of the ever-growing wealth are being retrieved.

There are many mantras associated with specific activities for this day. These are as follows:

1. While donating: “Sri parameshwara preethyartha muda kumbhadaanoktha phala vaapyartham brahmana yodakumbha daanam karishye thadanga kalasha pujyadhikam cha karishye”.

2. While worshipping Brahimin: “Esha dharmaghato data Brahma Vishnu shivathmakah

3. For Parshurama Puja: “Jamadagnya mahaveera kshatriyaantha kara prabho

                                         guruhanarghyam mayadattam krupayaa parameshwaraa”.