Lord Parashuram

Akshaya Tritiya, the third day of the bright half of Vaishakh, is considered one of the most sacred days to start anything auspicious. Akshaya Tritiya or Akha Teej is the birthday of Lord Parashurama, the sixth incarnation of Vishnu. It is also regarded as the start of the Treta Yuga. 
Astrologically on the Akshaya Tritiya day both the Sun and the Moon are in their signs of exaltation and it is very auspicious.
According to some, on this day and with these astrological combinations the ancient Rishis performed the first yagya in the history of mankind and it marked the start of a time regarded as the Golden Age of Indian culture.

Akshaya means that which never ends. All over India people celebrate weddings, plan new business ventures, long journeys and other events on this day and buy gold, silver and other assets.

Performing Vishnu Pooja and reciting the Vishnu Sahasranama Stotra are considered highly auspicious on this day for prosperity and progress. Any dana (donating food) given today is said to give 100 times more results.

This year Akshaya Tritiya is on 08-05-08.

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