Shravana is the fifth month of the Hindu calendar.
Hindu year, beginning in late July from the first day of the full moon and ending in the third week of August, the day of the next full moon.
In the Tamil calendar, it is known as Avani and is the fifth month of the solar year. In lunar religious calendars.
Shravana begins on the new moon and is the fourth month of the year.
The month of Shravana is very important for the entire sub-continent of India as it is connected to the arrival of the South-west monsoon.
For many Hindus will fast every Monday to the Lord Shiva and/ or every Tuesday to the Goddess Parvati. Fasting on Tuesdays of this month is known locally as “Mangala Gauri Vrat.”
In central parts of India such as Madhya Pradesh, Chhatishgarh and Jharkhand Shravana Poornima day is celebrated as Kajari Purnima. It is an important day for the farmers and women blessed with son. On the ninth day after Shravana Amavasya, the preparataions of the Kajari festival start.
The ninth day is called Kajari Navami and varied rituals are performed by women who have sons until Kajri Purnima or the full moon day.
Pavitropana
In parts of Gujrat Shravana Poornima day is celebrated as Pavitropana. On this holiday, people perform the grand pooja or the worship of Lord Shiva. It is the cumulation of the prayer done throughout the year.
Pavitra Ekadashi
On Ekadashi Day [11th day], Vaishnavas in Maharashtra, Gujrat and Rajasthan celebrate it as the birth of Pushtimarga, the path of grace. On this day, Lord Krishna appeared infront of Shri Vallabhacharya. Shri Vallabhacharya offered him a thread(soothan), which was pious(pavitra). Since that day every year, Pavitra Ekadashi is celebrated. Such threads are offered from Ekadashi till Raksha Bandhan.
Jandhyam Poornima
Jandhyam is Sanskrit for sacred thread, and Poornima denotes the full moon in Sanskrit. Jandhyala Purnima is observed on the full moon day (Poornima) in the month of Shraavan in Andhra Pradesh. Brahmins perform the sacred thread changing ceremony on this day and it is also known as Yajurveda Nutanasahitha Upakarma.
Salono
In Haryana and Punjab, in addition to celebrating Raksha Bandhan, people observe the festival of Salono. Salono is celebrated by priests solemnly tying amulets on people’s wrists for protection against evil The day is dedicated to local saints involving devotees receiving such amulets. In Haryana, the festival of Salono also involves sisters tying threads on brothers to ward off evil. Despite the two festivals being similar in its practices, Salono and Raksha Bandhan are distinct observances with the threads tied for Salono being called ponchis.
Shravani Mela
Shravani Mela is a major festival time at Deoghar in Jharkhand with thousands of saffron-clad pilgrims bringing holy water around 100 km on foot from the Ganges at Sultanganj, Bihar. Shravan is also the time of the annual Kanwar Yatra, the annual pilgrimage of devotees of Shiva, known as Kanwaria make to Hindu pilgrimage places of Haridwar, Gaumukh and Gangotri in Uttarakhand to fetch holy waters of Ganges River.
Krishna Janmashtami
Krishna Janmashtami marks the birth of Lord Shri Krishna comes on the 8th day after the full moon and is celebrated with great pomp across the world, especially in the Vaishnava Traditions.
Raksha Bandhan
Raksha Bandhan also called Rakhi Purnima or simply Rakhi in many parts of India and Nepal, is a Hindu religious festival. The festival signifies and celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters. It is celebrated on Shraavana Poornima (Full Moon). In simple words, Raksha Bandhan means “Bond of Protection.”
Nariyal Poornima
In western India and parts of Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Goa Shraavana Poornima (full moon) day is celebrated as Narali Purnima. On this day, an offering of a coconut (nariyal in Gujarati, naral in Marathi) is made to the sea, as a mark of respect to Lord Varuna, the God of the Sea. In the coastal regions of Maharashtra i.e. Konkan, a coconut is offered to the sea for calming it down after the monsoon season. Narali Purnima the beginning of the fishing season and the fishermen, who depend on the sea for a living, make an offering to Lord Varuna so that they can reap bountiful fish from the sea. Fishermen start fishing in the sea after this ceremony.
Nag Panchami
Nag Panchami is also celebrated in many parts of India on the fifth day after Amavasya of Shraavana month. The snake god Naga is worshiped. The last day of the Shraavana is celebrated as Pola, where the bull is worshiped by farmers from Maharashtra.
Basava Panchami
In Karnataka Basava Panchami is celebrated on the 5th day after Amavasya. ln 1196 AD this day Lingayat dharma guru Basava merged with god.
In southern and central parts of India including Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Odisha, Shraavana Poornima day is when the Brahmin community performs the rituals of Avani Avittam or Upakarma.
Shri Baladeva Birthday
Shraavana Poornima day is also celebrated as Shri Baladeva birth Ceremony. Lord Krishna’s elder Brother Prabhu Balarama was born on this Poornima.
Gamha Purnima
Gamha Purnima is celebrated in Odisha. On this date, all the domesticated Cows and Bullocks are decorated and worshipped. Various kinds of country-made cakes called Pitha and sweets mitha are made and distributed within families, relatives and friends. In Oriya Jagannath culture, the lord Krishna & Radha enjoy the rainy season of Shravana starting from Shukla Pakhya Ekadashi (usually 4 days before Purnima) and ending on Rakhi Purnima with a festival called “Jhulan Yatra”. Idols of Radha-Krishna are beautifully decorated on a swing called Jhulan, hence the name “Jhulan Yatra”.
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