Kathmandu,

The Akshay Tritiya festival, which is celebrated every year on the day of Baisakh Shukla Tritiya, is being celebrated today by donating and consuming Satu and Sarbat.

According to the classical law, one gets up early this morning, covers one's house, takes a bath, and prepares the goods used while worshiping. Diyo, Kalash, and Ganesh are worshiped and a copper plate with Ashta Dal inscription is placed on the Kalash, and Lord Vishnu is worshiped with sixteen ingredients. There is a Vedic orthodox tradition of offering pure water in copper or juice in an earthenware vessel made up of cinnamon, cloves, sweet melons cardamom, honey, sugar, sakhar, and crystal sugar (misri) as well as donate Barley Flour(satu) to the priest.

It is described in various Purans that the good deeds done on this day including a bath, giving alms or donation, meditation and prayer will never be destroyed. Since barley flour and juice is similar to Amrit (the divine nectar) in the summer of Baishakh, there is a tradition from the Vedic times to give alms and also consume it by oneself.

Prof Dr. Devmani Bhattarai, a theologian and head of the Department of Theology at Valmiki Vidyapeeth, said that both of these things will help to protect the body from heat and also give strength.

It is also said that it helps to boost the body's immune system. As the risk of coronavirus (Covid 19) is not yet  completely eliminated, Satu and Sarvat will increase the immunity of the human body,  an Ayurveda doctor said."Even a small amount of donation on the day of Baishakh Shukla Tritiya(the third day of the waxing moon of the month of  Baishakh according to the lunar calendar)  will bring a lot of prosperity and fortune will never be destroyed, so today is called Akshaya Tritiya," He said. 

The Ghada donated today is also called the Dharmaghatadi donation. Today, it is customary to donate umbrellas, sticks, and cloth shoes to the elderly and if there is one's capability, cows, land, grain, and gold are also donated to the deserving Brahmins as well as to the helpless and destitute.

It is believed that Lord Mahadev and Parvati, the daughter of the Himalayas, got married on this day in the Satya Yuga. That is why there is a belief that you don't have to look for an auspicious moment (sait) for a marriage today. According to the ancient scriptures, there is also a belief that the Treta Yuga began today. This date is called Akshaya Tritiya as the good deeds done on this day bring inexhaustible prosperity to the doer.