Thursday, 14 November 2024

This festival is celebrated on the mid night kalik Chaturdashi of Kartik Shukla. On this day both Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu are worshiped, which is very rare otherwise.

According to Shiv Puran, on the auspicious day of Kartik Chaturdashi, Lord Vishnu went to Varanasi to worship Lord Shiva. Lord Vishnu pledged to worship Lord Shiva with thousand of lotuses, but one lotus got missing. To complete his Puja Lord Vishnu, whose eyes are compared to lotus, plucked one of his eyes and offered to Lord Shiva as last lotus. This devotion of Lord Vishnu pleased Lord Shiva and he not only restored the plucked eye of Lord Vishnu but also rewarded Sudarshana Chakra which became one of the most powerful weapons of Lord Vishnu.

Baikunth Chaturdashi (1950 to 2050)