During the occasion of Tula Sankranti, the sun moves into Tula Rashi therefore it is called Tula Sankranti. Tula Sankranti holds social, religious, and cultural significance which is celebrated with different rituals across all over India. During the period of Tula Sankranti, the people of Karnataka and Odisha enjoy harvesting rice fields.

When is Tula Sankranti actually celebrated

As per the Gregorian Calendar, Tula Sankranti 2020 falls on the 17th of October month. According to the Hindu lunar calendar, Tula Sankranti is celebrated on the very first day of the month of solar in Kartika

Tula Sankranti Significance

Another name of Tula Sankranti is Garbhana Sankranti. Farmers celebrate this festival with great joy and worship Goddess Lakshmi who is the bestower of wealth and riches. Farmers along with their family members pray to the deity that there would be no scarcity of food and also the crops are protected from all sorts of natural calamities.

The day of Tula Sankranti is also considered auspicious to take a holy dip in the TalaKaveri. On this day when the Sun enters Tula Rashi, water in the TalaKaveri springs up and devotees collect this water as it is believed that there are medicinal values in the water. Women in Karnataka offer coconut and other holy materials to the Kaveri river.

What to do on Tula Sankranti

On this occasion of Tula Sankranti, devotees worship Goddess Laxmi and Goddess Parvati. Farmers and their families invoke gods for good fertility and protection from natural disasters. Devotees offer fresh rice grains, wheat grains, and Branches of Kara plant to Goddess Lakshmi. Also, they offer betel leaves, palm nuts, sandalwood paste, vermillion paste, and bangles to Goddess Parvati.

Farmers offer prayer to gods for good growth of crops and protection from natural disasters. To avoid the deficiency in the future, farmers of Odisha present the yield of wheat, rice, and other grains to Goddess Lakshmi on this auspicious day. Donating food grains and clothes to needy people on Tula Sankranti is considered highly auspicious.

Benefits of Tula Sankranti

This blissful Tula Sankranti bestows a devotee with the following results:

• Farmers will be blessed with good production of crops.
• God will protect the crops and farms from all kinds of natural calamities.
• Devotees will be blessed with a better future and good deeds.
• Goddess Laxmi will bestow her devotees a healthy and wealthy life.
• Devotees will also be blessed with wisdom and knowledge.