Fasting on Sunday and its Benefits
In our Scriptures, it is mentioned that one can get the blessings from the Sun by performing the Sunday's fast. By fasting on this day one can receive the biggest blessing of the health. It is said that “Health is Wealth”. By performing the fast of Sunday you can increase your brightness, social status and can overcome any kind of skin deceases. If the Sun is not well placed into your Horoscope, you should perform the Sunday fast religiously.
The process to accomplish Sunday Fasting
This fast should perform continuously for 12, 30 or 52 Sundays. On this day, devotee should wear Pink Color clothes. The devotee should get up early in the morning and take the bath. After bathing, take one small round pot, fill with water, add some rice grains, flowers, doorva (green grass) and red colored rice; offer this water to the God of Sun in a open place by looking towards the Sun. The devotee should have only the chapati's of wheat flour, porridge, milk, curd, jaggery's choorma. Fruits also can be taken. The one need to be remember that should not have salt on the day of fasting. Before the lunch, after offering the water to the Sun, recite the following mantra for 12 or minimum 5 Tulsi Mala:
“Om Hraam Hreeam Haron Sanha”If possible, feed any poor person before eating your lunch; it would be more beneficial for you. The Sunday fast, performed in this manner will surely fulfill your all the wishes and you'll definitely get the blessings of the Sun.
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