WEDNESDAY VRAT

1. WEDNESDAY VRAT
2. Note:
3. * This fast is kept for peace, tranquility and to fulfill all dreams.
   * Lord Shanker is worshipped on this day
   * Have meals only once
   * The green colour is significant on this day. One should therefore wear green clothes and eat green vegetables etc.
   * One should leave the puja only after the arati is over and after taking prasadam
   * Do not leave the puja midway.
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5. Story related to this vrat :
6. The story goes that there was once a couple who led a happy life. Once the wife had gone to her parents place , after a few days stay her husband came to take her back. His in-laws insisted that the day being Wednesday, it was inauspicious for them to travel. However the husband was adamant and proceeded back home along with his wife.
   On the way the wife felt thirsty and requested him to fetch some water. When her husband returned , he was astonished to see a man seated beside his wife, that man was an exact replica of him in appearance and clothing. On inquiring who he was, the man replied that he was the lady's husband. This angered the husband and led to heated arguments. Seeing this, the royal troops came and started to arrest the husband. Finding no respite , the husband started to pray to the Lord to guide them through this crisis. There was then an announcement in the skies that being wednesday the husband should not have brought his wife back as it was inauspicious to travel on this day. He realised his mistake and requested the Lord to pardon him. Thereafter the Lord presented himself before him and killed the other man who wrongly claimed to be the lady's husband.
   The couple returned safely back home and made it a routine to worship and keep vrat on Wednesdays.
   It is said that keeping fasts on Wednesdays provide protection against evils related to travelling on Wednesdays.
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