Acquiring Health and Magnetism on Roop Chaturdashi

Why do we celebrate Roop Chaturdashi?

Now that you have done up your house completely and all set to celebrate Diwali, you might want to spend some time beautifying yourself. After so much of hard work, you deserve it after all! Roop Chaturdashi is the day you can do all this. Roop Chaturdashi is when you pray to Lord Krishna to bless you with a healthy and beautiful body. It is celebrated exactly a day before Diwali. In its literal sense, Roop translates to beauty and Chaturdashi is the 14th day in the Karthik month of the lunar calendar. This day is also familiar in some places as Narak Chaturdashi or Roop Chaudas.

How and when did this tradition begin?

During the olden days, there lived a sage in the land of Hiranyagarbha. He wanted to invoke the blessings of Lord Krishna and did a pooja for him. Strangely, after conducting the pooja his worries and problems in life increased. This is when he was guided by Narad Muni (a celestial sage) who told him that he did not do the pooja in the right manner and this is the cause of his misery. He was told to observe a fast and was asked to do it the right way this time around. He performed everything as instructed by Narad Muni and he received the blessings of beauty and good health by the Almighty. This day was specifically suggested to the sage since this is the day Lord Krishna killed the demon Narakasura and freed the world from evil.

Learn the right way to honor the Lord

Lord Krishna is considered the God of beauty and praying to him on this special day would help you gain all the beauty and wonderful looks you wish for. It is believed that when you resort to Lord Krishna on this day, he answers your prayers and bestows you with magnetizing beauty and good health. Fasting on Roop Chaturdashi is considered very important since this would appease the God. He would shower his choicest blessings on you. Though beautification is considered to be a very feminine aspect, it is believed that even a man can observe a fast and improve his looks and health on this auspicious day. There are some very essential elements that need to be taken care of on this day. They include:

• Waking up before dawn and taking bath.
• You need to use some scented oil and gram flour paste for taking bath on this day.
• Apamarg leaves needed to be added into the water with which you would take bath.
• Pooja needs to be done to the Lord with a plate containing flowers, color powder, jaggery and a four faced lamp.

This would please Lord Krishna. On this blessed day, many other Gods including Ganesha, Lakshmi and Yama are worshipped to free ourselves from all the bad karma of the past. With all your heart and soul pray to Lord Krishna on this very special day and he would for sure bless you with a healthy life and mesmerizing beauty.