Shitala Satam 2024 Date, Muhurat, Puja,Vrat Katha and Impoatance

Fasts have great importance in Indian mythological and religious traditions, which establish social and spiritual values ​​in the society. Shitala Satam is also one such important fast, which plays an important role in Indian society. Sheetla Satam is observed in various states in India, but it is especially celebrated prominently in the North Indian states. This fast is observed as a worship and prayer to Goddess Sheetla, who is also known as Mata Sitla and Varsha Mata. The main purpose of this fast is to prevent and protect from diseases, for which the blessings of Mata Sheetla are obtained.

Shitala Satam 2024 date

Sheetala Satam is an important day in the Gujarati calendar and is dedicated to Goddess Sheetala. It is believed that Goddess Sheetla protects her devotees and their families from measles and smallpox. Therefore, families in Gujarat perform Sheetla Satam rituals to get the blessings of Goddess Sheetla.

Shitala Satam 2024 Date - Sunday, August 25, 2024
Shitala Satam Puja Muhurat - 05:56 AM to 06:50 PM 

Sheetala Mata Puja

• One day before Sheetla Saptami, take nine Kandwaras, one Kulhar, and one lamp.
  
  

• On the day of Sheetla Saptami, wake up early in the morning and take a bath with cold water.
  
  

• Fill a plate with Kandwaras. Keep some curd, rabri, rice, Puwa, Pakodas, salt pare, roti, sugar pare, soaked moth, millet, etc. whatever you have prepared in the Kandwara.
  
  

• Keep Roli, rice, mehendi, kajal, turmeric,moli, clothes, and a coin on another plate.
  
  

• Keep a pot filled with cold water.
  
  

• Knead flour without salt with water and make a small lamp with this flour. Put a cotton wick in this lamp after dipping it in ghee. 
  
  

• This lamp is offered to Mata Ji without lighting it.
  
  

• Wear clean and beautiful clothes for worship.
  
  

• Apply turmeric tilak on the puja thali, on the Kandwaras, and all the members of the house. Apply tilak on yourself as well.
  
  

• Pray to the mother with folded hands.
  
  

• After this, go to the temple and worship. If Sheetla Mata is at home, then you can worship at home.
  
  

• First of all, give a bath to the mother with water.
  
  

• Apply tilak with Roli and turmeric.
  
  

• Offer kajal, mehndi, Mauli, clothes.
  
  

• Offer the worship material.
  
  

• Offer a lamp made of flour without lighting it.
  
  

• Worship the mother by singing aarti.
  
  

• In the end, offer water again, and after the offering, put some of the water that flows in the pot. This water is holy. All the members of the house should apply it to their eyes. A little water should be sprinkled in every part of the house. This purifies the house and brings positive energy.
  
  

• After coming home, worship the place where water is kept. Worship the pot. Give all the remaining material to a potter, a cow, and a Brahmin.
  
  

Shitala Mata Vrat Katha

Sheetla Satam fast is observed for the protection and good health of the child. Along with observing fast on this day, one should also listen to or read Sheetla Satam Katha. This brings auspicious results. In a village, a woman lived with her two daughters-in-law. They were living happily. On the day of Sheetla Satam, the old woman and her daughters-in-law observe Sheetla Satam fast. The old woman cooks food a day in advance. On the day of Sheetla Satam, all three women eat only the food cooked the day before. Later, both the daughters-in-law become pregnant. However, this time they are worried about eating stale food. They feel that this may harm their child.

After worshipping Sheetla Mata, they do not eat cooked food and cook fresh food and eat it. When the old woman asks both the daughters-in-law, they lie. They finish their household work and eat freshly cooked food. Sheetla Devi gets angry with the behavior of the daughters-in-law. This leads to the death of newborn babies. Seeing this condition of the newborn babies, both the daughters-in-law are very sad and tell the truth to their mother-in-law. When the mother-in-law comes to know the truth, she throws them out of the house.

The daughters-in-law leave the house with the bodies of their newborn babies. On the way, both of them sit under a banyan tree. There they meet two women named Gori and Sheetala. Both were trying to remove lice from their hair. Both the daughters-in-law decide to help them. When the problem is solved, both the girls are very happy. When the pain in their bodies goes away, they get very relaxed and both the sisters bless the daughters-in-law with children. The daughters-in-law realize that both the sisters were none other than the incarnation of Sheetala Devi. Both the daughters-in-law return to their home with the newborn babies alive. They tell this miracle to everyone in the village. Everyone hails Sheetala Devi and starts worshiping the goddess with devotion.

Mata Sheetla Mandir

There is a very ancient and miraculous temple of Mata Sheetla in the Pali district of Rajasthan. It is said that there is a pitcher here which has not been filled for 800 years.

An ancient temple of Sheetla Mata is located in Gurgaon. Devotees from all the states of the country come here to seek blessings.

The Sheetla Mata temple located on VIP road on the banks of Bhopal's big lake is one of the ancient temples of the city. In this temple, about two and a half hundred years old idols of Mata Sheetla Devi and Veer Maharaj are still present in the same place.

There is a famous historical temple of Sheetla Mata in Mohalla Mehdiganj, which comes under the Bazarkhaala area of ​​Lucknow.

Shitala Satam Importance 

Women keep a day-long fast for the well-being of their family members. According to Hindu mythology, Goddess Sheetala is an incarnation of Goddess Durga and Goddess Parvati. She represents the healing power of nature and is said to control diseases like smallpox, chickenpox, measles, etc.

Conclusion

On the day of Sheetala Saptami, the goddess Sheetala is worshipped. People wake up early in the morning and take a bath with cold water. After this, they visit the temples of the goddess Sheetala and offer prayers. Various rituals are performed on this day to receive the blessings of the goddess for a peaceful and happy life. Sheetala Satam is held on the 7th day of Shravan month, a day before Krishna Janmashtami and a day after Randha Chhath. It is also known as Sheetala Satam or Shitala Satam. Skanda Puranam, which contains the Sheetala Mata Stotra, also known as ‘Sheetlashtaka’ written by Lord Shiva, tells about the benefits of worshipping devi Sheetala. Sheetala Mata is a major goddess of North Indian regions. She is also worshipped and considered as Goddess Parvati, the wife of Lord Shiva. If you want to know the benefits of observing Sheetla Satam fast, then you can talk to astrologers.