Ahoi Ashtami 2010 date, Ahoi Astami puja vrat katha

Ahoi Ashtami 2010 date is on October 30 inthis year. Ahoi Ashtami festival is specifically meant for mothers who have sons.

Mother’s keep fast on this day is observed on the eighth day (Ashtami) in Kartik month (October – november) (Karthik Mas). Pure water is offered to stars during the evening time by the mothers and they pray for the long life of their sons. Once upon a time, a woman had seven sons. One day she went to the jungle to bring mud for the renovation and painting of her house.

She started digging soil with the help of axe nearby a den. Suddenly the woman’s axe fell on the cub and the cub died. The woman felt very sympathetic. She took soil from the forest and came back. later all her 7 sons died within a year.

One day she narrated her woes to old ladies in her village, she told them that she didn’t commit the sin and it happened unintentionally. The women in the village suggested the woman to pray the goddess Ashtami Bhagwati by sketching the face of the cub.

The woman kept fast on the Kartik Krishna Ashtami and then onwards she started praying and keeping fast regularly. By the God’s grace, she got back her all seven son. Since then, it became a ritual to worship the goddess Ahoi Ashtami Bhagwati religiously every year. By the grace of god your sin will cast off.