Rishi Panchami

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Rishi Panchami
Bhadrapada
month of the Lunar calendar

Rishi Panchami (

Vishvakarma Puja
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Practices

On this occasion, the seven sages and the wife of Vasishtha,

betel leaf, flowers, camphor, and a lamp. Women are prescribed undertake a fast in the observance of this vrata,[2] but men are also allowed to fast for the welfare of their wives. Brahmins are offered dakshina by adherents on this occasion, believed to be favourable in the veneration of the seven sages.[3]

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