Which things should not be consumed like alcohol, onion and other things during Chaitra Navratri, what is the religious belief behind this? know

Chaitra Navratri 2024: Chaitra Navratri is going to start from 9th April 2024. Mother Earth will reside on earth for nine days from the Pratipada date of Shukla Paksha of Chaitra month till Ram Navami on 17th April. Navratri is a very sacred festival, those who fast during this period consume only fruit food, while those who do not keep fast also consume satvik food.

There is a strict prohibition on eating tamasic food for nine days during Chaitra Navratri, but do you know why garlic and onion should not be consumed during Navratri. Let us know the belief behind this.

Why should one not eat garlic and onion during Navratri?

According to Hindu Puranas, food containing garlic and onion should not be consumed during worship or any fast. It is said in the scriptures that garlic and onion are of Tamasic nature and are included in the impure category. Any worship or fast is fruitful only when the person has control over his senses and his mind is pure.

Onion and garlic are considered to be related to the evil planet Rahu-Ketu. Consuming these promotes ignorance and also increases lust in a person. Therefore, it is prohibited to consume garlic and onion during Navratri fast or any other fast.

Garlic-Onion’s relation with Rahu-Ketu

There is also a popular legend about not eating garlic and onion during Navratri fast or puja. When the ocean was churned, a demon named Swarabhanu sat among the gods and drank the nectar by deceit. When Lord Vishnu, in the form of Mohini, came to know about this, he severed Swarbhanu’s head with his Chakra. As soon as the head was cut, some drops of nectar fell from the demon’s mouth along with the blood into the ground, from which onion and garlic were born.

possessed of demonic qualities

Onion and garlic are curative because they are produced from nectar, but due to the mixture of demonic blood in it, it also contains demonic properties, hence it is considered impure. Its consumption increases anger, violence and sin. This is the reason why garlic and onion are never offered to God even during worship. No, let’s consume it.

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