Comments on: Santoshi Mata (Shukrawar-Friday) Katha

By: H.L.

H.L. — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:26:04 +0000

Thank you :) I hope it works out.. I just have a quick question..
When I do the vrat, I usually only eat milk, banana, and cashew.. But I have had two hours time gaps between that.. Is that okay?
I don’t eat anything else generally like methi stuff.. But I have had cashews in between times.. Is that okay or do I have to repeat my fasts? I have done 5-6 so Fridays so far!

Please advise
xx

By: BK

BK — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:11:10 +0000

Dear H.L.

I wish you all the best for your vrat. I live in UK too. in fact I live in wembley where we get every thing you can get in India for your pooja. There are other places too in UK where you get most of the stuffs.

I would say you can do your pooja with a good intention and Mataji will fulfill all your wishes. She expects love and devotion from all her devotees.
Please let me know if I can help you in any way for your pooja.

Jai Santoshi Maa,

B.K.

By: kathavarta

kathavarta — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:23:17 +0000

Dear Reader,
Congrates for your Vrat and Faith. If you are in UK, then it is 99% possible that you can get every item for most of every Vrat, if you can come to Ealing Road, Wembley (area for Hindu Gujarati and Jain) in London. There are so many Indian shops who are providing religious stuff for hindu faith. There is another area like, Kingsbury (another area for Hindu Gujarati and Jain), Southall (area for Sikh faith) and Rayners lane (area for South Indians). I hope and wish you all the best for your vrat.
Last but not least, Happy New 2010 year.
Kathavarta

By: H.L.

H.L. — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:38:35 +0000

Heyyy!! I just started the Vrat today, and my best mate (she’s from India, and very familiar with all the religious rituals/sanskrit/etc) advised the following steps since I am in a part of UK that does not have everything available locally plus I am a university student too:

1. Fill water in the kalash

2. Get a copper plate and fill it with rice – fill half level with normal rice

3. Paint kalash red color (since you don’t have kum kum for now) and turmeric – 16 lines total alternate color mouth to bottom..get kum kum from home by next week – preferable

4. Put kalash on rice in the centre

5. Fill half kalash with water – Put 1 or 2 coins inside the water – like a 1£ coin

6. Get 5 different trees’ leaves – wash and wipe with towel – don’t get banana tree leaves though

7. Put those leaves in the kalash in such a way that half inside water and half outside kalash

8. Put coconut in the mouth of kalash

9. Buy flowers – preferably yellow color

10. Put a photo of Santoshi maa next to the plate

11. Put 2 or 3 flowers on the coconut and the remaining on the rice

12. Keep some flowers next to the photo as well

13. Get jaggery or sugar (white crystals) in a small cup or bowl or container and put it in front of the kalash to offer for prasaad

14. Put water in a small glass or cup along with prasaad of jaggery

15. Leave it there and light a candle – do arti circles three times from right to left

16. The just pray (‘’whatever i have done, pls accept it, and if i have done any mistake, pls accept it, me as a humble deciple of u coming for your blessings, if i have done anything wrong, pleae forgive me for it’s my first time, please grant me the wish of …’’ and read the whole story)

17. Put your dinner to goddess first then eat

18. Put remaining water and leaves and flowers at the stem of a tree or pour it anywhere on the ground outside your house where there is grass

19. Make sure you serve the food to God before whatever you eat for meal (in the evening/late afternoon), and then take it as prasad

The Udayapan can be done by you or your family abroad if they have better facilities :)
As long as you pray with all your heart and have faith, everything works out perfectly :):)
I’ve never felt so pleased in a while as I have after the first Friday being today.. :):):)
xxx

By: Bk

Bk — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:52:54 +0000

Jai Santoshi Mata,

Seema I am not sure if you misprint the date as 3rd July 2009 or we got the Mail late. I have completed my 16 weeks Santoshi maa Fasting and done Udyapan with her blessings.
I live in London so It was difficult for me to feed to cow. I use to keep the chana and jaggery into a tree.
I could arrange 8 kids on the day of udyapan but I read in few of the web-sites if you do not get kids to feed , you can ask some Pujari in Temple and pack food in 8 packets to handover to Pujari.
Alternatively you can ask some one to do this in India on your behalf.

I hope this helps

By: Seema

Seema — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:13:36 +0000

Hi my name is Seema, I want to start Santoshi Mata Vrat from next week i.e July 3rd 2009 I have few questions if somebody answers to me I will be very greatful to him or her…

It is compulsory to feed a COW or not as I live in U.S.A it will be impossible,

What should I feed the kids during UDYAPAN as I may not find much kids here in U.S.A,

What if I do not feed the Kids and Cow what happens ?

If someone answers me directly to my e-mail at kashi2000@aol.com I will be very greatful for her.

Seema.