Monday, October 31, 2011

Govardhanpooja and Vishwa Karma Day to all..


ॐ सांई राम
Lord Vishwa karma is God of Architecture. In the Rig Veda, Lord Vishwa karma is the heavenly architect of the entire universe. He is the embodiment of the creative power that welds earth and heaven together. Hindu people say as Lord Vishwa karma is the son of Brahma and is the architect of all gods' palaces. He is also known as God of Creation.
Lord Vishwakarma uses Pushpak Vimaan a flying chariot. His creations number of immortal places and weapons. He is the creator of Dwarka (the city of Lord Krishna), Lanka (Ravana's kingdom), the town of Indraprastha and Hastinapur (the capital of the Pandavas and Kauravas). Sudarsana Chakra (the weapon of Lord Vishnu) and Agneyastra (fire weapon) are also among his great creations.

Mahabharata describes him as "The carpenter of the Gods, executor of a thousand handicrafts, the lord of the arts, the fashioner of all the ornaments, the most famous of artisans, on whose craft all menu manage to survive and is worshipped by all". He is the presiding divinity of all the architects and craftsmen. This day is also known as the 'Engineers' Day'.

He is a great, an immortal god and worshipped by people all through. Lord Vishwakarma is accepted with muti hand. He is as superb as Lord Vishnu, Mahesh, Brahma because all scriptures worried with Hindu religion and contains episodes of his magnificent contributions.

In this world everything we see like airplanes, the reservoirs, big dams, skyscrapers, bridges and all kinds of mechanics around our life rotates are the product of Chisel and Hammer, which represent. Our legend history, humanity cannot refuse these particulars as it would be a betrayal.

Vishwakarma is considered as the master of all machinery equipments of gods. Lord Vishwakarma jayanti can be celebrated every year on 17th September of English Calendar year. The vishwakarma jayanti is also called as the national Labour Day of India. The festival is mainly celebrated in Orissa, Tripura and Bengal. In this day, Hindu performs Vishwakarma Puja to raise productivity and to obtain divinity stimulation in creating new products. Lord Vishwakarma is given special providing of worship on Annakoot day in the next day to Dipawali. On the day, the people workmen put down their tools.




The fourth day of Diwali, ie the day after Diwali, falls on Padyami, the first day of the Kartika Masa, and is called Vishvakarma Day/ Gudi Padwa/Govardhan Puja.

Vishwakarma Pooja: The day is celebrated to worship Vishwakarma. Vishvakarma was the divine architect, and one of the fourteen precious things born of the Samudra Manthan (the churning of the ocen to gain Amrita, the nectar of immortality). He constructed the holy city of Dwarka where Lord Krishna ruled, The Maya Sabha of the Pandavas and was the creator of many fabulous weapons for the gods. This day is often used by manufacturers to pray for their equipment so that it works well and makes profit during the year ahead.


Govardhana Puja. Govardhan is a small hillock in Braj, near Mathura and on this day of Diwali people of North India build cow dung, hillocks, decorate them with flowers and then worship them. This festival is in commemoration of the lifting of Mount Govardhan by Krishna. As per Vishnu-Puran the people of Gokul used to celebrate a festival in honor of Lord Indra and worshiped him after the end of every monsoon season but one particular year the young Krishna stopped them from offering prayers to Lord Indra and asked them to worship cattle instead. Indra in terrific anger sent a deluge to submerge Gokul. People were afraid that the downpour was a result of their neglect of Indra. But Krishna assured them that no harm would befall them. He lifted Mount Govardhan with his little finger and sheltered men and beasts from the rain. This gave him the name Govardhandhari.


It is also on this day that the King Bali would come out of Pathal Loka and rule the earth for one day as per the boon given by Lord Vishnu. Hence, it is also known as Bali Padyami.