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Subject: Adhik maas Hi friends Adhik maas is starting from tomorrow….This is a sacred month and has great power to regain once strength in physical, mental, emotional and spiritual terms….. The main significance of Adhik Maas is associated with spiritual enlightenment and deliverance from earthly sins. Adhik Maas also known as Purushottam Maas. The concept of Adhika Masa is unique to the traditional Hindu lunar calendars based on the cycles of the Moon. A lunar month is around 29.5 days long. Now, a solar month, that is the usual calendar, is 30 to 31 days. The lunar year consists of 354 solar days and solar year consists of 365 days. So, as years pass by each lunar month starts earlier to the corresponding solar month. There is a difference of 11 days between the lunar and solar year. In every two or three solar years the difference between the two calendars becomes a full month or around 29 days. To compensate and get the two calendars similar an extra month is added. Vasishta Siddhanta, a treatise of Sage Vasishta, says that the Adhika Masa occurs after every 32 months, 16 days and 8 Ghadis. A Ghadi is 24 minutes. Purushottam means a man who is imbibed with all best qualities and this month is devoted to self-development, evaluation, assessment, reflection, retrospection and Introspection. It is a time for one's own soul and spirit to complete all pending work, detoxify the body that remains pending since last three years. It is month to regain once strength in physical, mental, emotional and spiritual terms. Hence, the month got its name purshottam Mass. Story behind As mentioned before, Mal Maas or Adhik Maas is also known as Purushottama Maas. There is a nice story about this. According to the lunar year, there were only 12 months. Each of the twelve months was assigned to 12 gods. So that the lunar and the solar years do not get out of step with days and seasons, the far-sighted Rishi-Munis calculated and facilitated Adhik Maas (extra month) and shown its importance. But one problem still remained. Each of the 12 months was assigned to 12 different gods. But the 13th extra month was not assigned to any god. Adhik Maas (Mal Maas) felt sadness and approached Lord Vishnu and said that no god was assigned to him (Adhik Maas) and for that reason he was called Mal Maas or Malimmucha. Adhik Maas further spoke to Lord Vishnu: ‘ I am filled with anxiety and I have therefore come to seek your refuge and help.’ Lord Vishnu took pity on him. The Lord (Vishnu) agreed and assigned Adhik Maas to Himself and gave the name Purushottama Maas to this month. Lord Vishnu also said that acquisition of merits during other months through good deeds, japa, austerities etc can be acquired by japa, austerities etc. carried out within this one month. Since then it is known as the Purushottama Maas and acquired greater significance than the other months. Adhik maas dates in 2015 There is an Adhika Masam or Adhik Masa or an extra month which will come in year 2015. This adhik maas is known as purushottam maas or as mal maas among the people.In the 2015 hindu lunar calender this adhik masam is from 17 June 2015 to 16 July 2015. This additional time unit of approximately 30 days is called Adhik Ashad Maas or Adhik Ashada Mahina. So in 2015 there are thirteen months in Hindu Lunar calendar apart from the normal 12 months. Adhik masa is celebrated as sacred month. People perform extra mala japas, pradakshinas, pilgrimages, scriptural reading and parayans. Adhik maas religious significance During the period of purushottam masa people perform various types of religious rituals such as keeping fast, recitation of religious scriptures, mantras, prayers, performing various types of puja's and havans. Vrats of various timings(full day, half day, weekly, fortnight, full month) are carried out as per the tolerance capacity of individuals. These vratas may be of complete fasting with liquids only or without liquids, fasting with fruits only or keeping fast with one time vegetarian food. ). According to ability, distribute to charities and do good deeds. Persons performing good deeds/satkarma in this month conquer their indriyas/senses and they totally come out of punar janam i.e. cycle of rebirth and also their miseries are eradicated. Performing penances knowingly or unknowingly in this adhik masa in any form imbuse spiritual merit and attains peace Any graha dosh or specific dosh nivaran puja performed in purushottam masa to rectify the horoscope gives ten times more better result to the individual. Individuals observe this sacred month, which arrives after every thirty-two months, by performing scriptural reading and parayans - holding a katha series of a sacred text. During the entire month of male maas patha of hindu shastra such as shrimad Devi Bhagavat, shrimad bhagwat puran, shri vishnu puran, Bhavishyottar Purana etc are carried out by vamtantra sadhaks. These religious rituals are capable of washing away all the sins of people accumulated during this life and past life. Benifits Keeping fast during this period is equivalent to performing a hundred yagnas, which acts as a path to attainment of place of complete bliss, delight and peace. The purpose of this month vrat as per vamtantra is to propitiate deity to achieve and fulfill his desires, to bring the divine grace and blessing, gaining back lost health and wealth, begetting offspring, divine help and assistance during difficult period in one's life. Eliminate all the sins of people accumulated during this life and past life. · Rectifying doshas of horoscope-Any planetary dosha’s in a horoscope can be regulated during this month by performing yagya and havan. It is believed that this month holds a special place in the Hindu religion and, therefore, rectifying planetary effects during this month give positive results 10 times better than performed during any other month.Benefit of adhik masa vrat Worship It is believed that the Adhik Maas Vrat is capable of excusing all the sins of the followers.People observe fast and give donations like clothes etc. to needy,as charity. During the Adhik Maas, readings of scriptures,selfless actions, without the expectations of results, are to be performed.The recitation of Srimad Bhagavat Purana and Shrimad Bhagavad Gita during this month produce top meritorious results. The Adhik Maas Vrat is observed from the first day to the last day,by waking up between 4 am and 6 am, during the Brahma Muhurta hours.A statue of Radha-Krisha or Lakshmi-Narayan is worshipped with Sodashopachara puja.During this period,vegetarian food,at night time is eaten. In this month,Purushottama Granthis read or listenedby people to acquire high merits.Shri Krishna has also appreciated Adhik Maas Vrat which produce unfailing results and all sorts of mishaps and obstacles are removed. Precautionary measures during adhik maas vrat During the period of the observance of a vrata either complete or partial fasting on certain specific days according to vamtantra one should keep oneself clean and pure, observe celibacy, speak truth, practise patience, avoid non-vegetarian foods and conscientiously perform all the rituals. As per legends, once Demon Hiranyakashipu had asked for a boon from lord Brahma that no man, animal, sura or asura should cause death to him; further he asked that he should not meet his death in any of the 12 months of the year, in the morning or at night, not inside the house nor outside it, neither by any weapon nor by any object. Bestowed with the boon, Demon Hiranyakashipu thought he had become immortal.Later Demon Hiranyakashipu meet death at hands of Lord Narasimha who ripped his chest with the claws taking the form of half Lion and Half man , during Adhik Mass around sunset and at the threshold of the palace (neither inside nor outside). Therefore, during Adhik Maas no auspicious festive activity such as marriage, anushthan etc. are performed. Only naam japa, charity and Bhagavat katha, yagya is done. All auspicious activities like annaprashan, naam Karan, Grah Pravesh, marriage, mundane samskar, yagyopaveet, buying new valuables, entering new home are prohibited during this month. Hence, the month got its name as Mal Maas. This e-mail and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. It is solely intended for the person(s) named above. 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