Akshaya Tritiya
In Sanskrit, the word "Akshaya" (अक्षय्य) means money and never endingness in the sense of "prosperity, hope, joy, success", while Tritiya means "third. It is observed as an auspicious time regionally by Hindus and Jains in India and Nepal, as signifying the "third day of unending prosperity". Akshaya tritiya- or आखा तीज as it is more commonly known in my part of the world is also a celebration of harvest like most other festivals in India. One of the most auspicious days for Hindus- it is also considered one of the luckiest. The stories to the relevance of this day are numerous- but it is considered to be the one on which goddess Annapurna- the giver of food was born. For generations- my mother’s home has this feast of “ खीच ” which is like a porridge of whole wheat grains pound with whole green moong-and cooked without tempering- The cooking vessel is first thanked and deemed auspicious by a smear of vermillion (रोली ) and the propiti
