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Importance of Ratha Saptami - the Hindu festival
      India is a land of festivals and Indians are ever busy with the celebrations of social as well as religious festivals through out the year. This article deals with the importance and significance of Ratha Saptami - the Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Surya - the Sun God.

Introduction

India is rich in its cultural diversity and she is a land of festivals where the people are engaged in celebrating social as well as religious festivals round the year with great enthusiasm and fervor. There are many important festivals that are celebrated all over the country. To name a few the festivals like Makara Sankranthi, Dussehra and many such festivals are celebrated with great fervor across the country. While there are few festivals that are confined to a particular region or state of the country. And Ratha Saptami is one such festival which is celebrated across the country.

About the festival Ratha Saptami

The festival of Ratha Saptami is dedicated to Lord Surya Devi - the Sun God and as the name indicates it falls on the seventh day in the shukla paksha or the brighter fortnight of the moon in the month of Maagha as per the Hindu calender which coincides with January - February of the Gregorian calender. 

According to Hindu mythology, it is believed that Surya Deva or the Sund God sits in a golden chariot which is driven by seven horses and is driven by Arun -the charioteer of Lord Surya. The seven horses symbolically represent the seven colors that are dispersed from the white light of the sun. According to another believe these seven horses even represent the seven days of the week. 

The festival is also known as Surya Jayanti and the festival represents the movement of the Sun in the North-east direction. It is actually from this day that the Northern hemisphere of the Earth starts tilting towards the Sun and hence it marks the onset of spring season. 

Importance of the festival

The festival of Ratha Saptami is a very important festival of the Hindus and the Hindus across the country start the day with a Holy Dip in the seas, oceans or holy rivers and perform surya namaskaaras - salutations to Sun god. And then they perform special poojas to the lord and offer kheer or the sweet rice to the Sun god. And in some regions of the country, the Hindus even offer Pitru Tarpans on this day as it is believed very auspicious to do so on this day.

Even in some the Sun temple in India people visit the temple and perform pradakshana - going round the main temple. It is believed that by doing so one will enjoy good health as Sun god is considered to give good health to his devotees. And on this day a number of tourists visit the famous Sun Temple at Konark - though this temple is not like the other Hindu temples yet many tourists visit the Konark Temple on this day.

Conclusion
The month of maagha of the Hindu calender is a highly auspicious month with a number of festivals of religious importance falling on this month. As per the great epic Mahabhaarata it is said that Bheeshma Pitaamaha chose this month only for release his soul from the physical body after sleeping on the bed of arrows for more than a month.  

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