Rishi Panchami Is Celebrated By Worshiping Sapta Rishi Prof. Dr. Devmani Bhattarai, a member of the Nepal Panchang Adjudicatory Development Committee and a member of the Nepal Panchang Adjudicatory Development Committee, informed that although Haritalika (Teez) fast and worship are performed by both men and women, Rishi Panchami is a scriptural statement that should be performed only by women.
It has been mentioned in various religious texts that if a woman has any errors during menstruation, such as chai Chui, worshiping Sapta Rishi along with Arundhati on the day of Rishi Panchami can get rid of it.
It is believed that women are purified by bathing on the first day of menstruation, Chandalni, Brahmaghatini on the second day, Dhobini on the third day, and bathing on the fourth day. Therefore, he said, there is a classical saying that taking Panchagavya after taking a bath using Datiun, cow dung, mud, and ashes on this day will remove the defect of untouchability.
Background of Rishi Panchami
There is also a legend about Rishi Panchami associated with women’s menstruation. In ancient times, Indra had to suffer the sin of killing Brahma because he cut Vishwarup’s head into three pieces. Grief-stricken by this murder, Indra told his grief to Brahma. To prevent the killing of Brahma by Indra, Brahma made Indra suffer one year’s guilt and divided the rest of the guilt into earth, trees, water, and women and threw it around.
For this reason, there is a religious belief in uncultivated land, scum coming out of trees, foam coming out of water, and the religious belief that a woman has started to see semen, said Pandit Madhusudan Subedi, who is active in writing spiritual books.
Raj is garbage. Which comes out during menstruation in women. It is believed that avoiding this is good for health and is applied in society after it has been proven by research. He also emphasized that it should be studied and made public from the point of view of modern science and health. Today, after taking a bath and worshiping, there is a fasting ritual to eat uncultivated grains such as weeds, kaguno, Kandamool karkala, etc.
On this occasion, there is a crowd of devout female devotees for worship at Risheshwar Temples across the country, including Teku and Mulpani in Kathmandu. Here female devotees worship Saptarishi along with Arundhati. Women who do not have the opportunity to go to the temple, worship at the river bank, or at home.
