Akshaya Thrutheeya - The Meritorious Day
AkSHaYa ThRUtHEeYa Vaisaakha Sukla Trutheeya is celebrated as Akshaya Thrutheeya, one of the most auspicious days in Hindu calendar. Akshaya means... the one that is not perishable; everlasting; the one that makes everything in life abundant. Trutheeya is the 3rd day in Hindu Lunar calendar known as Jaya thithi. Akshaya Thrutheeya is assumed as the day Tretha Yuga had commenced known as Tretha Yugaadi. It is also reckoned as Kalpaadi (Niilalohita). According to sacred scripts, Tretha Yuga had commenced on 3rd day of the bright fortnight (sukla Thrutheeya) in the lunar month Vaisakha Masam; Krutha Yuga on the 9th day of the bright fortnight (sukla Navami) in Kaartheeka Masam; Dwaapara Yuga on the New Moon day (Bahula Amaavaasya) in Maagha Masam; Kali Yuga on 13th day of the dark fortnight (Trayodasi) in Bhaadrapada Masam; In MahaBharatha, Lord Sri Krishna enlightened Dharmaraja about the significance of Akshaya Thrutheeya. Vishnu Purana; Bhavishyottara Purana ...