Friday Vrat
Santoshi Mata Vrat Vidhi
16-Friday fast — happiness, peace and wish fulfillment
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SOUR FOOD — STRICTLY FORBIDDEN!
During the fast, sour food is completely forbidden for the fasting person AND all family members. Even one person eating sour food can nullify the fast's benefit.
✗Lemon and lemon-based items
✗Tamarind and tamarind products
✗Curd (dahi) and buttermilk
✗Pickles (achar)
✗Raw mangoes
✗Vinegar
✗Tomatoes (very sour)
✗Jackfruit pickle
16-Friday Vrat Rules
- ✦Observe 16 consecutive Friday fasts
- ✦Eat only once on fast day (after sunset)
- ✦Eat only sweet items — jaggery-chana, kheer, halwa
- ✦No family member should eat sour food
- ✦Perform udyapan after completing 16 fasts
- ✦Feed 5 children kheer during udyapan
☑ Puja Materials Checklist
0/6- Jaggery (Gur) — 100gFor prasad and bhog
- Chana (roasted) — 100gMandatory for prasad
- Flowers — red and pinkDear to Santoshi Maa
- Red cloth or red chunariOffering to Santoshi Maa
- Incense, lamp and agarbattiPuja materials
- Santoshi Maa photo or idolFor worship
Vrat Method — Step by Step
1On Friday morning, bathe and wear red clothes
2Install Santoshi Maa idol or picture
3Offer incense, lamp and red/pink flowers
4Perform Santoshi Maa aarti
5Recite the vrat katha
6Prepare jaggery and chana prasad and offer as bhog
7Perform aarti again in the evening
8Distribute prasad in family — do not touch sour items