Astrology News Desk: Many festivals are celebrated in Sanatan Dharma and all have their own significance but Baikuntha Chaturdashi is considered very special which is celebrated every year on the Chaturdashi date of Shukla Paksha of Kartik month. Let us tell you that the festival of Baikunth Chaturdashi is dedicated to Lord Shiva and Shri Hari Vishnu. This year the festival of Baikunth Chaturdashi is being celebrated today i.e. on Thursday, 14th November.
On this day, there is a tradition of worshiping Lord Shiva and Shri Hari Vishnu. It is believed that by worshiping them one gets a place in heaven, all the work gets done and one also gets relief from the sorrows and sufferings of life. Do read the fast story during the puja on this day. Doing this increases the virtuous fruits, so today we have brought for you the complete fast story of Vaikuntha Chaturdashi.
Story of Vaikuntha Chaturdashi
According to the Puranas, once Lord Vishnu took a pledge to worship Mahadev with 1 thousand lotus flowers. For this he came to Kashi and started worshiping as per the rituals. To test Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva reduced one lotus flower out of 1000. During the puja, when Lord Vishnu saw that one lotus flower was missing, he wanted to offer one of his eyes to Lord Shiva in exchange for it.
Then Mahadev himself appeared there and was very happy to see the devotion of Lord Vishnu. That day was the Chaturdashi date of Shukla Paksha of Kartik month. Mahadev said that ‘from today onwards this Chaturdashi will be famous by the name of Vaikuntha Chaturdashi. Today, whoever worships Hari and Har jointly will get a place in Vaikuntha. Since then the fast of Vaikuntha Chaturdashi started being observed.
