vruth for the days of the week-tuesday

TUESDAY/ MANGALWAR

Tuesday 's god is MARS mangal devatha. he is worshipped for braveness and prosperity . to destroy enemy.to cure blood related diseases . he is the son of earth.
During uttarayan after amavasya this vruth is started for 21 or 45 Tuesdays. on this day red colour is used for pooja as mangal is red in colour. During this vruth people do not eat salt. Fruits can be taken. For dhan in the temple to brahman red colour cloth , masoor dal, copper vessels are given to please mangal.
hanuman was also born on tuesday. so he is also worshipped on this day . people observe vruth and do pooja to hanuman. red/sindoor colour flower, red chandan is used to decorate hanuman's picture. sundarakand and hanuman chalisa is recited. sindoor is applied on hanuman to fulfill their wishes it is given to people as prasad. hanuman is given jalebi, boondi as offerings. then distributed to all.
In south india , tuesday vruth is observed for lord muruga. during the month of Masi
all the tuesday's are observed as salt less for the health of the family. also vaidheswaran, lord shiva is worshipped. This vrath is observed specifically for skin disease or any other health problem .
In padma puran there is a story which talks about the blessings of mangal. In a village there lived a poor family . Mother, Father and Son . Their son was born on tuesday so they called him mangaliya. they could not have proper meals also. but that lady observed tuesday vruth with great difficulty. She will beg people and do some charity also with that money. that day she will not plough the field or mop the house with cow dongh. mangal devatha decided to test her determination. he came like a sadhu and knocked the door. She came out and asked the sadhu what he wanted. He said "I am hungry. I have atta and ghee. you just clean the place with cow dong. and I will prepare the food."she told him she would not mop the house with cow dong since it was tuesday, other than this she is prepared to do anything. he told her to give bath to her son and make him lay down. on his back he will prepare the food. she obeyed. She requested hanuman ji and mangal devatha to help her. Sadhu prepared fire on Mangaliya's back and made the food. The sadhu then asked the lady to call her son. She told the Sadhu since he had prepared food on his back on fire, how can her son be alive. Still sadhu insisted . so she called him by name and he woke up and came running to his mother. mangal devatha said , he came dressed like a sadhu to test her. he was pleased with her dedication ,kind heart and truthfulness. and blessed her with prosperity and moksha after death.

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