Vishwakarma Puja Vishwakarma Day is celebrated to worship Lord Vishwakarma, He was an hindu god for architecture. He is also called the divine carpenter, as mentioned in the Rig Veda.According to the religious texts, Lord Vishwakarma is known as Devashilpi or The Architect of Gods . The festival is observed primarily in factories and industrial areas, often on the shop floor.Falling on Padyami, the first day of Kartika Masa, Vishwakarma Puja is observed on the fourth day of Diwali, i.e. the day after Diwali. In some parts of the country including Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Orissa, Vishwakarma Puja is observed on 17th September every year and doesnt change according to the lunar calendar.Special statues and pictures of Lord Vishwakarma are normally installed in every workplace and factory. All workers gather in one common place and perform the puja.During the day of the puja or a day before, colorful pandals are set up inside the premises of industries and factories after which the decorated idols and images of Lord Vishwakarma are brought inside the pandals and are established ritualistically. The entire unit - management, employees, and workers, along with their families come together to perform the puja. The sacred Hindu texts also describe many of Lord Vishwakarmas architectural marvels, towns and palaces for the Gods, through the four ages. Some of them are Swarga (Heaven) in the Satya Yuga; Sone ki Lanka (Golden Lanka), where demon king Ravana dwelled in the Treta Yuga; the city of Dwarka, the capital of Lord Krishna in the Dwapara Yuga; the town of Hastinapur, the capital of Pandavas and Kauravas from the Mahabharata; and the town of Indraprastha for the Pandavas. Even the texts of Mahabharata describe Lord Vishwakarma as The Lord of Arts, Executor of a thousand Handicrafts, the Carpenter of the Gods. Vishwakarma Puja is observed on 17th September 2014,Wednesday.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 05:23:45 +0000
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