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Religious Fervour : A Tale of Tub

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                      A Religious Fervour and  ‘A Tale of Tub’


            

                       This Blogspot is in response to the thinking activity on ‘A Tale of Tub’ which was assigned by Kavisha Mam. This particular blog is a part of our thinking activity. I am going to discuss our Indian festival - "Shitala Satam'' in this blog. 


            We have " A Tale of Tub" by Jonathan Swift in our syllabus. It is a religious satire. So, Through this blog I am going to compare the festival  "Shitala Satam" With " A Tale of tub, " On the basis of my understanding. August is the month of religious festivals.In this blog I wrote about Religious fervour and Shitla Satam . It is called by several names.


                            

                   In Gujarat, they call it the Sheetala Satam, Shitala Satam or Shitala Saptami. It falls on the seventh day of the Krishna Paksha .In several cultures, there’s a tradition of feasting on day-old dishes during seasonal transitions to cool the body and fortify the immune system.

                                      

         A day of no cooking, a day to eat food cooked a day earlier


This festival is at a time when the region (India being a tropical country) is in the midst of the monsoon. At several places, it is pretty hot and humid.

 

        It is said that eating simple, non-spicy, cold food stored safely from a day before is prescribed to be eaten on this day according to the shastras as a relaxant to the digestive system. Sheetal is cold. The Shitala Mata vrat incorporates 'sheetal' (cold, calming) food so that the stomach is not aggravated and gets food that is easy to digest. 

 

           According to hindu mythology, the goddess is carrying a voyage and a dustpan in her hands.  Shitala Satam procedures are observed by many communities, notably in Gujarat, In order to get their wishes fulfilled. Goddess Shitala is said to protect from illnesses such as measles and chickenpox. Worshipping Maa Shitala may help you to recover from illness. 

 

                One is supposed to bathe in water at room temperature. No hot water baths on this day. This adds to overall body invigoration. 

 

                       There are so many examples which we can consider. If we look at the Food on that particular day we can see that women prepared food on the previous day, which is known as “Randhan chhath".  

 

             People have blind faith that if we don't eat cold food on satam then Goddess will punish us Or something bad will happen and that is  why for this reason on this occasion of shitala satam people don't use gas stove and chula. 

 

                                           



   


                               


            


   


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