How do you celebrate Full Moon or Purnima?
@Shampasaid (76)
New Delhi, India
August 29, 2015 9:36am CST
In my last post I mentioned that the Hindus are to observe Raksha Bandhan/Rakhi on 29th August this year which earmarks the relationship between a brother and a sister. Here, I would specify that the festival of Raksha Bandhan/Rakhi is celebrated on a full moon day which is called Purnima in Hindi and some other Indian languages.
Now, when I have mentioned about Purnima then let me tell you that the Hindus believe in arranging puja/prayer ceremony to worship the Hindu God Lord Vishnu on the day of Purnima/full moon. It is known as Satyanarayan Puja. Lord Vishnu is also referred as Narayan and He is considered as the embodiment of truth that’s why He is addressed as Satyanarayan where satya (Hindi word) means truth.
Out of curiosity I want to know from non Indians that do you have any such religious festival held on the day of Purnima/full moon. Share about it and spread knowledge.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
29 Aug 15
It will be the lovely Super Moon here tonight my friend.
I love the golden August Moons.
Always so lovely.
I have no celebrate here, just howling at the moon by myself haha
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@Shampasaid (76)
• New Delhi, India
29 Aug 15
@TiarasOceanView Great! You have found your own way to celebrate it. Enjoy.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
29 Aug 15
@Shampasaid Indeed my friend. It is something that I appreciate very much the beauty of nature given to us.
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@Shampasaid (76)
• New Delhi, India
29 Aug 15
@TiarasOceanView Yes, it's a great gift of God to us. We should know to appreciate it.
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@Shampasaid (76)
• New Delhi, India
31 Aug 15
@sofssu The fact is for celebration we need to feel happy at any instance and the way we spend the moment becomes a celebration in itself. It's not that every Hindu family holds a prayer meeting on full moon day but it is suggested in Hindu Almanac.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
31 Aug 15
For us Catholics we have our Holy week . Usually its the last week of March or the first week of April . It will usually be when the moon is becoming full .
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
31 Aug 15
@Shampasaid,we observe Purnima every month just like any Hindu who follow their traditions.We have the Satyanarayan puja and katha on that day in which relatives who live in the town and neighbours are invited.On 29 th of this month was Rakshabandhan and therefore it was a special occasion.We are a traditional Hindu joint family.
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@Shampasaid (76)
• New Delhi, India
31 Aug 15
@else34 Yeah, this is a very common practice among the Hindus. When some other festival falls on the full moon day then that very day becomes more auspicious.Joint family is my weakness because until marriage I also lived in a joint family.
@Shampasaid (76)
• New Delhi, India
30 Aug 15
@LadyDuck During full moon the beauty of the sky simply gets enhanced by the beauty of the full moon.
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