48-696: [REDACTED] Look up संतोषी in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Santoshi Maa may refer to: Santoshi Mata , Hindu goddess Santoshi Maa (TV series) , a 2015 TV series Jai Santoshi Maa , 1975 Bollywood film Santoshi Maa - Sunayein Vrat Kathayein , a 2019 Indian Hindi language mythological television series See also [ edit ] Santosh (disambiguation) Santhoshi , Indian actress Rajkumar Santoshi , Bollywood filmmaker Santoshi Matsa , Indian weightlifter Topics referred to by
96-438: A paksha (week or fortnight) is a vaara-vrata or a paksha-vrata . There are different rules and guidelines followed while observing a given vrata period. This consists of complete fasting without drinking any water. Hence, it is called Nirjala (waterless) vrata. Unlike normal (common) vratas in which the consumption of fruits, juices, milk, water and sugar are allowed, the 'vrati' doesn't eat or drink anything at all, with
144-496: A bowl of raw sugar and roasted chickpeas ( gur-chana ). The devotee wakes up early morning, remembering the Goddess. Only one meal is taken during the fast day, and devotees avoid eating bitter or sour food and serving these to others, as sour or bitter food is somewhat addictive and hinders satisfaction. When the wish is granted, a devotee must then organize an udyapan ("bringing to conclusion") ceremony, where eight boys are to be served
192-493: A date of one's choice, as part of a particular ceremony such as a wedding, or as a part of a major festival such as Diwali , Shivaratri , Navratri , or the Ekadashis of various deities. A typical vrata involves fasting for a fixed period of time, usually a full day, where either no food is eaten, or only one meal is eaten in the entire day, or only a certain food such as milk is consumed. Other observances include sleeping on
240-485: A festive meal. In this type of worship, the devotee has to follow other strictures such as avoiding quarrels and hurting anyone. By means of this vrata one can live with harmony because the bad habits in human life like ignoring faith in God, stating falsehoods, behaving arrogantly, etc., can be removed. This vrata teaches the devotee to spread love, sympathy and happiness. There are many temples throughout India and abroad where
288-442: A form of religious votive rite, personalized and interiorized, one that does not need a public ceremony or a private one, but that is privately observed. Its meaning retains a sense of personal sacrifice (fast, or restricted diet), in exchange for hope, accompanied with a prayer to a personally defined or cherished divinity, and propelled by the wish for the well being of one's loved ones. The Grihya-sutras (domestic life manuals),
336-450: A larger and already well-integrated culture of the Goddess. Her new devotees could immediately recognize many of her characteristic moods and attributes, and feel them deeply, because she shared them with other goddesses long since familiar to them. Santoshi Mata's iconography took elements from the familiar form of the Hindu goddesses. Santoshi Mata's characteristic posture standing or sitting on
384-485: A lotus mirrored that of the goddess Lakshmi (Shri). The weapons she held—the sword and the trident—are traditional attributes of the goddess Durga . The story of Santoshi Mata and Satyavati from Jai Santoshi Maa borrows from older Hindu legends like those of sati Anusuya , who humbled the pride of the jealous goddess triad and of an ardent devotee—of the goddess Manasa —who has to face opposition from her family and other goddesses to worship her patron Manasa. There
432-471: A means to prāyaścitta in Dharmasastra texts. Many prāyaścitta vratas in these texts suggest it should include the feeding of "Brahmins, blind, poor and helpless", as well as other acts of charity. However, a vrata can consist of many different activities. Other examples of vrata activities besides fasting include burning incense, prayers before a deity, meditation and so on. The śmrtis go into great detail on
480-452: A part of the festive observance. Some vratas are for religious ( dharma ) or soteriological goals ( moksha ), some are for nonreligious reasons, some are celebrations of one's cultural tradition, and others are a form of quid pro quo sacrifice to get or to give divine help to someone. Another reason for observing vratas is the belief that they are a form of penance and self-correction; expiatory (prāyaścitta) rites. Vratas are discussed as
528-494: A sister. Although Ganesha initially refuses, upon the repeated pleas of his sons, his two wives Riddhi and Siddhi , his sister and the divine sage Narada , Ganesha creates Santoshi Mata through two flames rising from his wives' breasts. Narada declares that this mind-born daughter of Ganesha will always fulfil everyone’s desires and, thus, would be called Santoshi Maa, the Mother of Happiness or Satisfaction. The film then shifts from
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#1733084975196576-419: Is also an expression of care and love, a reminder of the ethical principles of the Hindu traditions. A vrata is sometimes practiced by a brahmacharya (students) or grihastha (householders) if they feel it is obligatory before, or during, certain spiritual or religious practices. Utsavas, or religious festivals, share some elements with vratas, incorporating the practice of fasting and similar austerities as
624-544: Is an explicit confirmation to the new goddess' incorporation in the Hindu pantheon. Vrata Traditional Vrata is a Sanskrit word that means "vow, resolve, devotion", and refers to pious observances such as fasting and pilgrimage ( Tirtha ) found in Indian religions such as Hinduism and Jainism . It is typically accompanied with prayers seeking health and happiness for their loved ones. Vrata ( Sanskrit : व्रत) means "vow, resolve, devotion", and refers to
672-408: Is blamed for this misfortune. But, finally when Satyavati prays to the goddess, the goddess appears before Satyavati and restores the boys and their mothers. Satyavati's kin then ask for the goddess' forgiveness. Ultimately, the goddess triad also repent and say that they were just testing Satyavati's devotion. Narada finally asks the goddess triad, their husbands and Ganesha to bless Santoshi Mata. This
720-508: Is deemed Vrata in the Vedic literature. The act of sacrifice , in another context such as in hymn 1.93.8 of the Rigveda, is also called a Vrata . Vrata: the vow Be thou the wife at their sacrifices, strict in thy vows [ vrata ], and gifted with joy! The post-Vedic texts use the term as a form of self-imposed restrictions on food and behavior, sometimes with a vow. The concept evolves as
768-453: Is described as her father in the film and other devotee literature. The film Jai Santoshi Maa links the birth of Santoshi Mata to the festival of Raksha Bandhan , where a sister ties a rakhi (a type of string bracelet) on her brother's wrist and, in return, the brother gifts his sister sweets, gifts and a promise of eternal protection. When Ganesha's sister, Manasa , celebrates the festival with him, his sons ask Ganesha to grant them also
816-412: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Santoshi Mata Santoshi Mata ( Hindi : संतोषी माता ) or Santoshi Maa ( संतोषी माँ ) is a Hindu goddess , who is venerated as "the Mother of Satisfaction", the meaning of her name. Santoshi Mata is particularly worshipped by women of North India and Nepal . A vrata (ritual fast) called
864-453: Is found in ancient Hindu texts such as the Vedas, but in a fluid context that is not in the sense of pious observances. The Hindu Upanishads conceptualize Vrata as an ethical and behavioral process of discipline: one where food is respected, the needy helped, the stranger welcomed, and the student carries on the pursuit of knowledge. The Puranas link the practice to the empowering concept,
912-419: Is observed by both genders, but far more often by women. The most common reasons for a vrata are temporal wishes, such as the speedy recovery of a sick child, success or happiness for a loved one, fertility, the warding off of negativity, prayers and good wishes for someone departing to a distant place. In the case of women, the prayers are usually on behalf of brother(s), children or husbands, but sometimes for
960-532: The Hindu epics or the Puranic scriptures, Jai Santoshi Maa was based on a popular pamphlet about the vrata katha (legend of the ritual fast) of Santoshi Mata's Friday vrata. The vrata katha is as follows: An old woman had seven sons, the youngest of whom was irresponsible. So, she served him the leftovers of his brother's meals as his daily meal. The wife of the youngest son learned of this and told her husband, who left
1008-575: The Lal Sagar Lake ( Santoshi ), on whose banks the temple is situated. However, Lal Sagar ki Mata unlike the vegetarian Santoshi Mata, was offered animal sacrifices. With rising popularity of the film, Santoshi Mata images and shrine were incorporated in Hindu temples and in some cases, ( The idol in this temple is swayambhu )Santoshi Mata was installed as the presiding deity like in Jodhpur, deposing other goddesses from that status. The Santoshi Maa vrata
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#17330849751961056-538: The Puranas and the epics describe the practice particularly in the context of Vedic students , brahmins , and women, as "devotion, solemn vow, holy practice, resolve, dedication". Vrata is a religious votive rite, a vow often involving abstinence from food, particularly common with women. It may be accompanied with elaborate prayers, other rites such as charity or visit to a temple, sometimes observed during festivals or with sanskara (rite of passage) ceremonies. It
1104-511: The Raksha Bandhan festival, it had no basis in Sanatan ( Hindu ) scriptures. She was a gramdevi and Kuladevi of some people in rajasthan (people claimed this on social media platforms ). The 1975 film Jai Santoshi Maa elevated Santoshi Mata, a little-known "new" goddess to the pan-Indian Hindu pantheon. The screenings of the film were accompanied by religious rituals by the audience. Some of
1152-487: The Santoshi Maa vrata is performed by women on 16 consecutive Fridays to win the goddess' favour. Santoshi Maa existed before the bollywood film came, as per some sources. Her prayer initially spread through word of mouth, vrata -pamphlet literature, and poster art. Her vrata was gaining popularity with North Indian women. However, it was the 1975 Bollywood film Jai Santoshi Maa ("Victory to Santoshi Maa")—narrating
1200-525: The Shakti of a woman, while the Dharmasastras link the practice to one possible form of penance through the concept of Prāyaścitta for both men and women. A vrata is a personal practice that typically involves no priest, but it may involve personal prayer, chanting, reading of spiritual texts, social get-togethers of friends and family, or silent meditation. A Vrata may be motivated by many factors and
1248-462: The Upanishads , but the context suggests that the meaning of the word in the Vedic era was not as a personal pious observance, and instead was related to ṛta and dharma , in the sense of inner principles and universal laws that keep order in the cosmos. Every man's vocation, as in hymn 9.112.1 of the Rigveda, is called his Vrata . Thus, whatever profession one is devoted to, resolves to do his best in,
1296-399: The udyapan ceremony of the vrata, the in-laws plotted against the wife and served sour food to the eight boys, offending Santoshi Mata. As a consequence, her husband was arrested. The wife re-performed the vrata and the udyapan . Her husband was released from prison and she soon bore a son. Once, the goddess visited the family, in a terrifying form; while the in-laws fled, the wife recognized
1344-509: The "sudden emergence of a modern celluloid goddess " resulted in scholarly interest in Santoshi Mata. Santoshi Mata emerged in the early 1960s with the establishment of five widely spread temples in North India. Her iconography also was crystallized in this period and slowly spread through poster art. Her cult spread among women through word of mouth, pamphlet literature, and poster art. It
1392-516: The Friday vrata by Satyavati, Santoshi Mata appears in Birju's dream and reminds him of his wife. Birju returns home a rich man and establishes a separate household with Satyavati. At the udayan ceremony, Satyavati's sisters-in-law mix sour food in the ritual meal, to be served to eight boys. Santoshi Mata punishes the sisters-in-law by crippling them and their sons, who have the ritual meal, fall dead. Satyavati
1440-456: The Hindu Trinity of gods, Brahma , Vishnu and Shiva respectively, towards the "new" goddess Santoshi Mata. The goddess triad unleash their wrath on Satyavati. Like the vrata katha , Birju leaves to make a fortune. The goddess triad spread the rumour that Birju is dead and the lone "widow", Satyavati, is tormented by her sisters-in-law. Birju forgets about Satyavati, but on the fulfilment of
1488-571: The Pashupatinatha temple, families light lamps on the Balacaturdasi night and then set them afloat in the Bagamati river next morning, followed by strewing of grains for birds. Kane lists hundreds of vrata found in Hindu texts. The puranas denote various types of vratas, such as, A vrata may also be classified by its duration: a vrata lasting one day is a dina-vrata , and a vrata lasting for
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1536-638: The Shila-vratas, which suggest additional virtues. Fasting is part of vrata observances in Jainism, and some involve congregational fasting at temples. Vrata among Jaina women may involve complete or partial fasting on certain specific days; a pilgrimage or tirtha to a particular place or places, as well as virtuous actions to others. Vrata is viewed as a form of austerity , with the power to remove karma from jiva (soul) and gain punya (merit). Laypersons aren't expected to observe these vows strictly. Once
1584-425: The audience entered the theatre barefoot, as in a Hindu temple, and small shrines and temples dedicated to the goddess, started springing up all over North India. The film attained cult status and years after its release, special matinee Friday screenings were organized for women, who observed the goddess' Friday vrata (ritual fast) and engaged in her worship. The success of this low-budget film and media reports of
1632-402: The goddess and worshipped her. Then the in-laws asked forgiveness of the goddess and the whole family was blessed by the goddess. A. K. Ramanujan calls this tale with nameless characters as "the most interior kind of folktales: those generally told by women within domestic spaces." The vrata katha also does not associate the goddess with Ganesha —the god of obstacle removal and beginnings, who
1680-524: The ground or abstaining from sleep, or alternatively practicing yoga with meditation, reading scriptures and giving to charity ( dāna ). Some vratas are more elaborate, such as those associated with major festivals or tirtha pilgrimages or rites of passage, involving weeks of preparation, the drawing of Vrata mandala with coloured powders, decorating and cleaning the house, special baths and festive dress, charity, visits to Hindu temples or puja within one's home. In Nepal , for example, Hindus visit
1728-434: The heavenly abode of Ganesha to the earth, where the story of the goddess' devotee Satyavati is told. Satyavati prays to the goddess, to get her married to Birju. After her wish is granted, she undertakes a pilgrimage of the temples of Santoshi Mata with her husband. The mischievous Narada incites the jealousy of the goddess triad, Saraswati , Lakshmi and Parvati (Ganesha's mother, thus Santoshi Mata's grandmother), wives of
1776-430: The house to seek his fortune. He acquired work with a merchant and became wealthy, but forgot about his wife. His wife was tormented by her in-laws in the absence of her husband. One day, she learned of the sixteen-week Santoshi Maa vrata and performed it. As a result, Santoshi Mata appeared in her husband's dream and informed him of his wife's plight. He returned home wealthy and set up a separate household with his wife. In
1824-492: The intent to purify their body. It is common on Hindu festivals such as Nirjala Ekadashi , and chhath . Five vrata-s (vows) are one of the codes of conduct for Jain householders. Any of the vows (vratas) that govern the activities of both monks and laymen. These are similar to the Yamas of yoga , and include the vow of ahimsa , satya , asteya , brahmacharya and aparigraha . Jainism also has seven supplementary vows, called
1872-466: The practice of austerity, particularly in matters related to foods and drinks by people in Hindu and Jaina culture, as part of a pious observance or prayers seeking health, fertility, long life or happiness for her loved ones. Derived from the root ‘vr’ ("will, rule, restrain, conduct, choose, select"), the word is found over 200 times in the Rigveda . It is also found in other Vedic literature including
1920-539: The principal deity is Mata Santoshi. North India: Harinagar, Delhi (NCR) South India: Jai Nagar, Trichy (Tamil Nadu) East India: Chakradharpur (Jharkhand) West India (first ever temple): Lall Sagar, Jodhpur (Rajasthan) - Shri Santoshi Mata Mandir, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. There is also a famous Shri Santoshi Mata temple in Dombivli (west) near Mumbai. Central India (second temple): Shri Santoshi Mata Mandir, Guna, MP. Unlike other Indian mythological films which were based on
1968-421: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Santoshi Maa . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santoshi_Maa&oldid=1219247997 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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2016-413: The story of the goddess and her ardent devotee Satyavati—which propelled this then little-known "new" goddess to the heights of devotional fervour. With the rising popularity of the film, Santoshi Mata entered the pan-Indian Hindu pantheon and her images and shrines were incorporated in Hindu temples. While the film portrayed the goddess to be the daughter of the popular Hindu god Ganesha and related her to
2064-515: The subject of vratas, discussing even the details pertaining to what type of flowers should be used in worship. Men and women, state the Dharmashastras and the Puranas, can expiate their sins through the use of vratas. For prāyaścitta, the vratas are the second most discussed method in the Puranas, after the tirtha (pilgrimage). A vrata is observed either as an independent private ritual at
2112-464: The woman's own prosperity, mind-body balance and health. Sociologists who have interviewed women who observe vrata report that the practice is explained (according to Anne Pearson) as something that gives "peace of mind", that the woman making one has made an effort to the best of her abilities and out of her duty towards those important to her. She has a sense of contentment in her heart and intellect, and thus she feels she has achieved something. It
2160-465: The written vrata katha (legend related to the vrata). Even though the script of the film Jai Santoshi Maa has no scriptural basis, scholars cite Santoshi Mata's cult as evidence of Ganesha's continuing evolution as a popular deity. The Santoshi Mata vrata or devotional fast is to be observed on 16 successive Fridays or until one's wish is fulfilled. The devotee should perform a puja (worship) of Santoshi Mata and offer her flowers, incense and
2208-447: Was gaining popularity among women in North India in the 1960s, a decade before the release of the film Jai Santoshi Maa . The fact that Santoshi Mata expected the inexpensive raw sugar and roasted chickpeas—associated with the "non-elite"—as offerings in her vrata and her benevolent nature made her popular with the masses. The film was instrumental in spreading the Santoshi Mata worship to the illiterate, who until then could not have known
2256-467: Was nothing "new" about Santoshi Mata, rather she was just another model of the prototype Hindu Divine Mother. One could identify Santoshi Mata with the lion-riding goddess, Sheravali. Although a temple dedicated to Santoshi Mata existed in Jodhpur, Rajasthan , before the release of the film Jai Santoshi Maa , before 1967, the temple was dedicated to the goddess also known as Lal Sagar ki Mata—The Mother of
2304-524: Was the wife of Vijay Sharma, the director of Jai Santoshi Maa , who urged her husband to "spread the goddess's message". As her film brought her to life, Santoshi Ma quickly became one of the most important and widely worshiped goddesses in India, taking her place in poster-art form in the altar rooms of millions of Hindu homes. [...] Yet it is hard to conceive that Santoshi Ma could have granted such instant satisfaction to so many people had she not been part of
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