Shravan - The Holy Month for Hindu's

Shravanamasam - The Holy Month of Hindu's - 2012


Shravan Month - 2012

Sharvan [Shavana Masam / Shravanamasam] is one of the most auspious month for Hindu’s, especially followers of Lord Shiva, famously known as Shaivists. [the people who follow lord Shiva,  one of the two famous gods which Hindu’s preach and follow, Shaivists, and Viashnavists [followers of lord Vishnu]

Shravana Masam is the most important month for Hindu women, especially the Monday’s of the Month.

During this month, some of the most important events like Naga Chaturthi [Naga Panchami], Varalakshmi Vratam, and Sri Krishna Jayanthi, falls on Mondays of the Month. For the Year 2012, the Shravan month falls starts on July 20th and ends on August 17th

Evolution of Shravan Month:

It is believed that during the Churning of oceans [sagara madhanam], [Samudra manthan] was said to take place in this Month.

Mount Mandarachala is worn as churning rod, adding to it lord Vasuki  became the rope, to conduct the Sagara madhanam.

During Samudra Manthan, process fourteen different types of things came out while churning the ocean, out of which almost 13 of them where divided among the demons except the fourteenth one. I.e. POISON [halahala], as it was dangerous which came out no one of the entire devas were ready to accept it , and finally Lord Shiva who took the Halahala [Poison] [he drank it] in to his throat. [This is the reason he is also known as Garalam thagina devudu in Telugu]

Since the day of consuming Halahala Lord Shiva was known as Neelakanta [Neelkantha] mean to say Blue Throated person. Post to which Neelkantha is the name associated with Lord Shiva

To reduce the effect of Halahala Shiva wore the Moon on his head, after this all the gods [devas] started offering the Water to God Shiva to reduce the effect of Halahala [poison] [this is also the reason why most of the Shiva’s pictures depict water on this head.]

AS this happened during the month of Shravana, and lord Shiva has goddess Ganga on his head, people offer Ganges water during this auspicious month, and it is also considered as the most auspicious month to wear Rudraksha

As the Mondays are devoted to officer prayers to lord Shiva, all Mondays of the shravana month Hindu women in the honor of lord Shiva, keep their fast for the entire day.