Valmiki Jayanthi 2021

  Valmiki Jayanthi 2021

Celebrated on 20th , October, Wednes day,2021

            Pargat Diwas, or Valmiki Jayanti, is an annual Indian festival celebrated in particular by the Valmiki religious group, to commemorate the birth of the ancient Indian poet and philosopher Valmiki, who is thought to have lived around 500 BCE.Valmiki Jayanti 2019: Valmiki Jayanti marks the birth anniversary of the author and sage Maharishi Valmiki, who is considered the first poet of Sanskrit literature as he drafted the first-ever Sanskrit shloka. Valmiki Jayanti is celebrated every year on the full moon day during the month of Ashwin.

            Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti is an optional holiday. Employment and holiday laws in India allow employees to choose a limited number of holidays from a list of optional holidays. Maharishi Valmiki was the first poet of Sanskrit literature and is believed to have drafted the first ever Sanskrit shloka.Valmiki authored the epic Ramayana which contains 24,000 shlokas and 7 cantos.It is believed that when Rama banished Sita, after people questioned her 'purity', Valmiki rescued her and provided shelter.Moreover, it was in his hermitage that Lava and Kusha, sons of Rama and Sita, were born.The day is also referred to as Pragat Diwas and is celebrated in many Valmiki temples.The most famous temple is situated in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai and is said to be 1,300 years old.The temple is considered to be of high importance as it is said that after writing  Ramayana, Valmiki rested at the spot where the temple now stands.On this day, people pay their respects towards Maharishi Valmiki by parading portraits of him.The procession is called Shobha Yatra. A large number of devotees participated in this procession in Jalandhar on the eve of Valmiki Jayanti.