Mahalakshmi Sagraa 2019-2023

Sindhi Festival Mahalaxmi Sagraa
Mahalakshmi’s Sacred Thread

महालक्ष्मी सगि॒ड़ा २०१९-२०२३

When is Maha-Lakshmi sagra pooja celebrations in 2019 in Bharat & HK?
Maha-Lakshmi Sagra Pooja starts on Friday 6 September 2019.
Mahalakshmi Sagra puja ends on 22 September 2019. 

Sindhi Parva
Mahalakshmi Jaa Sagraa & Athsabhai Jaa Sagraa
(Annual Festival of Mahalaxmi thread to tie/untie)
(Mahalaxmi Ashtami Sagra – Sagdā, Mahalakshmi Sagrā Badhan ain Chhoran)

When is Sindhi Parva of Mahalakshmi Ja Sagra (Sindhi Dinu Mahalaxmi Sagraa, Sagda – Festival Celebrations in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 in Bharat (India), Hong Kong and in other countries?

The following are the Sindhi’s Maha-Lakshmi Sagra katha puja dates:
The following are the dates of observed prayers by Sindhis for the Mahalakshmi Sagra Din (Sindhi’s Mahalakshmi Ashtmi festival celebration) in Samvat 2076-2080 during 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023:

What is Sagra (Sagraa, Sagda, Sagro सगि॒ड़ो, سَڳِڙو، سَڳِڙا) significance?

Sagro is a thread.
It is a ‘sutra’ (a ‘yarn’).
Suta jo dhago (a cotton thread).
It is called in Sindhi ‘sutta jo dhaaggo’.
سَڳِڙو “cotton thread tied as a charm round the wrist.”
(Sindhi – English dictionary of Shri Parmanand Mewaram)

Why this thread is being tied among Sindhis?
What is importance of Mahalakshmi-a-jo-sagro?
What is Mahalakshmi Sagra Katha and Puja (prayers)?
Mahalakshmi Sagraa is a prayer which takes place annually.
It’s being devoted to Mata Maha Lakshmi – Maha Laxmi.
After the prayers & katha it becomes ‘blessed thread’.
Now, this ‘sacred thread’ is wore on the wrist.
And Prasad of Mahalaxmi is being served.
Every year, it is being prayed by Sindhis.
It is an important day of celebration.
Special Maida savouries are made.
Satpura, Titira are distributed.
It is firstly given to priests.
‘Satpura’, ‘Firni’ to others
And to their family.

What is meaning of ‘Barhan-Maho Dinhu’ (Baarhaan-Maaho Dinnhu)?
Mahalakshmi sagra is an ‘Annual Feast day, festival’.

What is significance of Mata Lakshmi Sagra & Who observes it?
How a Sindhi Dinu of Mahalakshmi Sagra prayers occurs?
Katha of Mahalakshmi, Raja Mangli ain Rani
(i.e. King named Mangli) is being recited.
It is katha and prayer, giving a due respect of tying
and untying of thread of Mahalakshmi (Mahalaxmi).
On the eighth lunar day a sacred thread is being tied
(i.e. on the commencing day of the festival).
One fortnight ashtmi to another ashtmi.
It is being tied for *16 days from
(8^th lunar day of bright half to
8^th lunar day of dark half).

When Mahalakshmi Sagra prayer occurs (starts and ends)?
It starts on Mahalakshmi Ashtmi.
It is also a day of Radha Ashtami.
Sagra of Mahalakshmi starts on bright Ashtami tithi.
It occurs on the eighth tithi (eighth lunar day).
It ends also on the eighth tithi (eighth lunar day in dark half).
It occurs during month of September and October in bright half.
Mahalakshmi Sagraa prayer occurs in Bhadrapad Masa Shukla Paksha.

When is Sindhi Mahalakshmi ja Sagra Katha, Puja (Mahalaxmi ja Sagra Badhan ain Chhoran) tying and untying in 2019, 2020 and 2021?
*Note: Generally, there are ‘sixteen tithis’ from ‘Mahalakshmi Ashtami of Baddo Mahino Sahaai’ (Bhadrapad Masa Shukla Paksha) to the next Ashtami of Krishna Paksha (i.e. Ashwin). But sometimes, it depends upon the rise of the tithi and its related ‘Khaya and Vriddhi’ on a particular given tithi lunar day.

Attah-Sabai Ja Sagraa
To tie and untie thread Atha-sabhai Sagra
What is significance of Sindhi ‘Attha-Sabhaai Sagraa’? When is **Attha-sabai jo sagro is being tied?
Sindhi Dinn (Sindhi festivals) book of Sindhiology. Page no. 15. By Pujya Dada Shri Kishinchand Topandas Jetley.

Other questions asked: Is there any katha puja of mata Lakshmi Sagra (Mahalaxmi)? Yes, among the Sindhis it is being observed every year on Mahalakshmi Ashtmi day. Is this prayer is observed on Radha-ashtami (Radha’s birthday) tithi? Yes, it mostly falls on the Radha-Ashtami tithi (eighth lunar day). It is commenced on this day. Which are the preparations of the Mahalaxmi Sagra Puja Katha? Sacred Thread Sagras (for family members to tie on wrist, reciting prayers, Arti, Palo, Mata’s Jaikaar and Mahalakshmi Dinu festival celebrations followed with Prasad Titira, Satpura. When is Sindhi Mahalakshmi Sagraa Puja महालक्ष्मी माता सगड़ा कथा पूजा राजा मंगलि of Raja Mangli in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023? When is Radha-Ashtami in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023? Radha-Ashtmi in 2019, 6^th September; In 2020, 25^th August; on 14^th September 2021; 3^rd September 2022; and 22 September 2023.

Acknowledgment:
Pujya Dada Kishinchand T. Jetley and Sindhiology; Sindhi – English dictionary of Shri Parmanand Mewaramji page no. 328, 329; 61; (Akhil Bharatvarshayut sukshma drishya ganitayutam) Shri Vanketeshwar Shatabdi Panchangam. Sanskrit – English dictionary of Shri Apteji, Pujya Shri B. M. Bharadwaj, Pujya Smt.& Shri Parsram R. Sharma, Pujya Shri L.K. Sharma, Pujya Smt. & Shri Ramchand Sharma, Pujya Shri Gagiram R. Sharma, Pujya Shri Ramchand Shandilya, Pujya Shri Jethanand Shandilya, Pujya Shri Katyayanidutt Shandilya, Pujya Shri Matangiprasad Shandilya, Pujya Shri Kimatram Sharma, Pujya Smt. & Shri Vimladevi Murlidhar Sharma, Pujya Shri Ramesh P. Sharma, Pujya Shri Ashok P. Sharma, Pujya Shri Satishlal Sharma, Sindhi Saraswat Tipno, Sindhi Tejuram Tipno, Sindhi Virta and Katha, Jhulelal Tipno – Sindhi Jhulelal Jyotish Tipno, सोरहनि देवताउनि जी कथा Sorhan Devtaaun Ji Katha (Mahalakshmi Virta Ji katha of Raja Manglik-Mangli ain Rani Chandravati); Puj Sindhi Panchayat Charitable Trust – Nerul, Navi Mumbai; Pt. Niranjan P. Sharma, Pt. Suresh P. Sharma; Dada Shri Ramakant Bharadwaj, Bhavana Sharma, Jay Sharma and Pooja Sharma all those who helped in the subject matter.

Mahalakshmi Mata ji Jai!!

सिंधी त्यौहार महालक्ष्मी सगि॒ड़ा
सिंधी समुदाय का “महालक्ष्मी पर्व”

पीला धागा जिसे ‘सगिड़ा’ कहा जाता है (लक्ष्मीजी के सगिड़े), उसको पूजा करके बाँधते हैं ।
जो नम्रता और आदर से लक्ष्मी का आह्‍‍वान करता है उनके यहाँ लक्ष्मी सदा निवास करती है ।
इस दिन तरह-तरह के मीठे (सतपुड़ा, तितिर ऐं फ़िर​णी, मीठे चावल, खीर, भोग) लगाकर, बाँटकर खाया जाता है ।
भाद्रपद महीने में शुक्लपक्ष की अष्टम तिथि पर महालक्ष्मी माता सगड़ा बाँधे ।
कृष्णपक्ष के अष्टमी तिथि पर कथा-पूजा करके महालक्ष्मी माता का सगड़ा छोड़ें ।

महालक्ष्मी सगि॒ड़ा
ऐं
अठसभाईअ जा सगि॒ड़ा कथा पूजा पर्व

हर साल महालक्ष्मी सगि॒ड़ा (महालक्ष्मी सगि॒ड़ो पूज॒णि) कड॒हिं कबो आहे?
महालक्ष्मी सगि॒ड़ो कड॒हिं ब॒धबो आहे ऐं कड॒हिं छोरबो आहे?
महालक्ष्मी सगि॒ड़े जो कहिरो महत्व आहे?
सगि॒ड़े जी ब॒ध​-छोड़ कहिरे डी॒हुँ कजे?

महालक्ष्मी सगि॒ड़े जो महत्व :
बड्डे जे सहाई अठऐं ते सुटजे धागे॒मां ठहियलु
महालक्ष्मीअ जो सग॒ड़ो ब॒धबो आहे ।
महालक्ष्मीअ जी कथा बु॒धबी आहे ।
वरी ऊंदाहीं अठऐं ते सग॒ड़ो छोरबो आहे ।
सतपुड़ा, तितिर ऐं फ़िर​णी जो भोग लगा॒ईजे ।

महालक्ष्मी सगि॒ड़ा (महालक्ष्मी सगि॒ड़ो पूज॒णि) पूज़ा॒-कथा सम्वत २०७६ ख़ां २०८० साल (वर्ष २०१९ ख़ां २०२३) ताईं कहिरा डी॒हं आहिन भारत​, हाँगकाँग ऐं दुनिया जे ब्य॒नि देशनि में?
महालक्ष्मी सगि॒ड़ा (महालक्ष्मी सगि॒ड़ो पूज॒णि पूज़ा॒-कथा) साल २०१९-२०२३ में कहिरा डी॒हं आहिन, हेठ डि॒नलु आहिनि:-

अठसभाईअ जा सगि॒ड़ा

अठसबाईअ जो सगि॒ड़ो कड॒हिं ब॒धबो आहे?
अठसभाईअ जो सगि॒ड़ो ‘बड्डे जे ऊंदाहीं अठऐं’ ते ब॒धबो आहे ।
**”शिकारपुर – सख़रु तर्फ़ जूँ दादियूँ हिन डी॒हुँ अठसबाईअ जो सगि॒डो ब॒धदियूँ आहिनि ।
ऐं अस्सू महिने जे सहाई टीज़ ते छोरींदी आहिन ।” पूज्य दादा किशिनचन्द जेटले पे.नं.१५ सिन्धी डि॒ण

مهالڪسڇميِءَ جا سَڳِڙا (سَڳِڙو)
مهالڪسشميِءَ جا سَڳِڙا (سَڳِڙو) ۽ اَٺ سڀائيءِ جا سَڳِڙا

مهالڪڇميِءَ جو سَڳِڙو (سَڳِڙا) ۽ اَٺ سڀائيءِ جو سَڳِڙو ڪڏهن ٻڌبو آهي ۽ ڪڏهن ڇوڙب آهي؟
بَڊي جي سهائي اَٺئن تي سُٽ جي ڌاڳي (تندن) مان ٺهيل مهالڪسڇميِءَ جو سَڳِڙا (سَڳِڙو) ٻڌبو آهي. مهالڪسشميِءَ جيِ ڪٿا ٻُڌبيِ آهي.
وري اِونداهيِ اَٺئن تي سَڳِڙو ڇوڙبو آهي.

مهالڪشميِءَ جو سَڳِڙو (سَڳِڙا) ۽ اَٺ سڀائيءِ جو سَڳِڙو ۲۰۱۹ کان ۲۰۲۳ ۾ ڪڏهن ٻڌجي؟
مهالڪشميِءَ جو سَڳِڙو (سَڳِڙا) ۽ اَٺ سڀائيءِ جو سَڳِڙو ۲۰۱۹ کان ۲۰۲۳ ۾ ڪڏهن ڇوڙجي؟

مهالڪشميِءَ جو سَڳِڙو ٻڌڻُ ۽ ڇوڙڻُ سنبت ۲۰۷۶ سال ۲۰۱۹ : ۶ سيپٽمبرتي ٻڌبو ۽ ۲۲ سيپٽمبرتي سَڳِڙو ڇوڙبو.

مهالڪشميِءَ جو سَڳِڙو ٻڌڻُ ۽ ڇوڙڻُ سنبت ۲۰۷۷ سال ۲۰۲۰ : ۲۵ آگسٽ تي ٻڌبو ۽ ۱۰ سيپٽمبر تي سَڳِڙو ڇوڙبو.

مهالڪشميِءَ جو سَڳِڙو ٻڌڻُ ۽ ڇوڙڻُ سنبت ۲۰۷۸ سال ۲۰۲۱ : ۱۴ سيپٽمبر تي سَڳِڙو ٻڌبو ۽ ۲۹ سيپٽمبر تي سَڳِڙو ڇوڙبو.

مهالڪشميِءَ جو سَڳِڙو ٻڌڻُ ۽ ڇوڙڻُ سنبت ۲۰۷۹ سال ۲۰۲۲ : ۳ سيپٽمبر تي سَڳِڙو ٻڌبو ۽ ۱۸ سيپٽمبر تي سَڳِڙو ڇوڙبو.

مهالڪشميِءَ جو سَڳِڙو ٻڌڻُ ۽ ڇوڙڻُ سنبت ۲۰۸۰ سال ۲۰۲۳ : ۲۲ سيپٽمبر تي سَڳِڙو ٻڌبو ۽ ۷ آڪٽوبر تي سَڳِڙو ڇوڙبو.

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اَٺ سڀائيءَ جو سَڳِڙو

اَٺ سڀائيءِ جو سَڳِڙو ڪڏهن ٻڌبو آهي ۽ ڪڏهن ڇوڙبو آهي؟  اَٺ سڀائيءَ جو سَڳِڙو ٻڌڻُ ۽ ڇوڙڻُ سنبت ۲۰۷۶ کان ۲۰۸۰ سال ۲۰۱۹ کان ۲۰۲۳ ڪڏهن ٻڌبو ۽  ڪڏهن ڇوڙبو؟

اَٺ سڀائيءِ جو سَڳِڙو ٻڌڻُ (بڊي جيِ اِونداهيِ اَٺئن) : “شِڪارپور، سکر طرف جون داديون هن ڏِينهُن “اَٺ سڀائي” جو سَڳِڙو ٻڌنديون آهن ۽ اسوءَ جي سهائي ٽيج تي ڇوڙينديون آهن.”**
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