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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Rathasapthami 2011, Ratha Sapthami, Lord Surya, Ratha Saptami 2011, Saptami, Sun God, Rathasapthami - YReach.com

Rathasapthami 2011 - One of the most auspicious day in the Hindu calendar as this day is celebrated as Sun God's birthday. The chronicle behind celebrating Rathasapthami is that this propitious day falls on the seventh day (Saptami) in the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of the Hindu month Maagha.

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Rathasapthami 2011
One of the most auspicious day in the Hindu calendar as this day is celebrated as Sun God's birthday. The chronicle behind celebrating Rathasapthami is that this propitious day falls on the seventh day (Saptami) in the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of the Hindu month Maagha.
Rathasapthami 2011
The festival signifies the seventh day following the Sun's movement towards the northern part (Uttarayana) of vernal equinox starting from Capricorn (Makara) and is also symbolically treated in the type of Sun God turning his Ratha (Chariot) drawn by seven horses (representing seven colors) towards Northern Hemisphere, in the north-eastern direction.
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