Datta Jayanthi, Dattatreya Jayanti, Datha Jayanti, What is Datta Jayanti
Datta Jayanti
Birthday of Guru Dattatreya is celebrated as Datta Jayanti. It is observed on full moon day of Margasira month. Guru datta Vratham is also observed on this day. Dattatreya is the united and single incarnation of Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara. Dattatreya is the son of Sage Atri and Anasuya. Sage Atri is one of the Saptarishis.
Datta means one who got Moksha (Liberation of soul). Jayanti means birthday celebrations. Datta Jayanti is the birthday celebrations of God Dattatreya. People believe that the worship of Lord Datta prevents the bad effect of the negative energy due to the unsatisfied souls of ancestors.
Datta Jayanti Story
Datta Jayanthi Katha, Legend of Dattatreya Jayanti
In heaven Sage Narada used to tell the gods story about Anasuya’s fidelity to her husband. This provoked the jealous of wives of trimurthi i.e Sarasvati, Laxmi, and Parvati. They decided to lower Anasuya’s reputation. They sent Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva to earth to disgrace Anasuya.
Three gods became guests and visited atri house, when atri was not in his house. Anasuya welcomed them and requested them to have a meal. Then they said that they would eat only on one condition. The strange condition was that Anasuya should serve them the food without any clothes on. Then Anasuya made the Hindu trinity as small babies and fed them without any cloth on her body.
When Sage Atri came and knew the whole thing, he created all babies into a single baby. This form of Trimurti is known as Dattatrya Swamy. With their powers, Atri and Anasuya recreated Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
Dattatreya Jayanti Rituals
On Datta Jayanti day, people wake up early in the morning take ritual river bath and observe fast for the whole day. Datta Jayanti pooja is a hidu ritualistic shodashopachara puja. Read the dattatreya stories and perform Dattatreya Aarti.
Avadhuta Gita, Jivanmukta Gita, Datta Prabodh, Guru Charita and Datta Mahatmya are considered the sacred texts which are based on Lord Dattatreya.
Dattatreya Jayanti Celebrations
Datta Jayanti is celebrated with much fanfare and gusto in Dattatreya temple across India. Major celebrations take place in Sri Kshetra Narsobachiwadi temple near Kolhapur & Sangli, Audumbar in Sangli district, Girnar in Saurashtra, Datta Mandir Pune near Dagaduseth ganpati temple in Pune, Sri Kshetra Gangapur, One of the most famous Dattatreya Peethas, is associated with Sri Narasimha Sarasvati Swami and Sri Pada Vallabha Kshetram at Pithapuram in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.
