Happy Samba Dasami
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Samba Dashami is a festival unique to the state of Odisha, India. It is celebrated on the 10th day of the Sukla Paksha of Pausha Masa or waxing phase of moon in Paush month (December – January) as per traditional Odia calendar. This festival is especially celebrated in the eastern part of Odisha. Copied from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_D...mi
Legend says Samba is the son of Lord Krishna. Samba got cursed to bear the burden of Leprosy. Acting Upon his father’s advice, Samba did tapasya to appease the Surya Dev. He got cured of his disease and the legend of Samba is with us.
Legend also says, Samba did his sadhana on beach of Chandrabhaga, Odisha. Sun Temple of Konark is dedicated to Surya Dev, which is situated on soars of Chandrabhaga.
1200 workers worked day and night for the sun temple of Konark. But they could not finish the temple. Dharmapada, son of Bishu Maharana, the head worker, came to their rescue. He was playing with his father one day and he found his father to be really upset. The reason was, The ruling king Langula Narasingha Deva I was getting really impatient with the progress. He ordered if the job is not finished by morning then the 1200 workers will lose their heads. Dharmapada/Dharama heard this plight and he finished the job. And then he went to the top of the temple and committed suicide by jumping into the waters of Chandrabhaga.
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On Samba Dasami, people in Odisha, celebrate by offering unique food to the sun God. If there are 3 members in the family, three unique food items will be offered to the God. My maa offers coconuts in my name, and this has to be carried upon till the rest of my life. 🙂🙂🙂
Today it’s a very hectic day. Not everyone offers simple food as coconut, some offer dalna, anna, chakuli pitha etc. And they take a lot of time to prepare. Imagine different dishes for different family members, n the family size is big?? But we all cooperate with our family n everything goes smoothly..
It made me remember about the other son of krishna, Pradyumna, years ago in some regional newspaper weekly mythological stories series & I also remembered Samba name from there after seeing this thread.