Nirjala Ekadashi 2024: Why People Don't Eat Rice On This Day?
Nitisha Sharma
18-06-2024, 13:30 IST
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Nirjala Ekadashi is an important Hindu festival. The fast is observed to please Lord Vishnu, however, there are a few important rules that must be followed on this day and one of them is the prohibition of eating rice. Let us find out why.
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Nirjala Ekadashi
This year we are celebrating Ekadashi on June 18, 2024. Though all dates are somewhere special according to the Hindu calendar, Ekadashi is considered extra special.
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Lord Vishnu
There are 24 eadashi dates in an entire year. Devotees fast every Ekadashi and worship lord Vishnu.
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Why is rice prohibited?
According to legends, those who eat rice on the day of Ekadashi are born from the vagina of a crawling creature in their next life.
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Maharishi Medha Was Born
Maharishi Medha had sacrificed his body to avoid the anger of Mother Shakti. The body got absorbed in the earth, and later Medha was born in the same place in the form of rice and barley, which are considered to be living beings.
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Another Reason
It is believed that eating rice on the day of Ekadashi is equivalent to consuming the flesh and blood of Maharishi Medha.
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Astrological Belief
The amount of water element in rice is high. So eating rice increases the amount of water in the body, due to which the mind can become distracted.
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Information Credits
Dr. Aarti Dahiya Astrologer and Vastu Specialist said that in Vishnu Purana eating rice on Ekadashi ends all the virtues of a person, as rice is the food of God.
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