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{{short description|Annual Hindu festival}}
{{Infobox holiday
|holiday_name = Swasthani Barta
|type = Cultural, Religious
|image =
|caption = Navaratri celebrates victory of good over evil by goddess Durga
|nickname =
|observedby = [[Hindus]] of Nepal
|date = multi-day
|begins = [[Paush Purnima]]
|ends = [[Magha Purnima]]
|frequency = Annual
|celebrations = One month
|observances = follow the story reading ritual, fast for the whole month.
|relatedto = [[Shiva]], [[Sati (Hindu goddess)|Sati Devi]], [[Parvati]]
|duration =10 days
|date2020=17 Oct (Sat) – 25 Oct (Sun)<ref>{{cite web |author=Drik Panchag| title=Navratri 2020 detailed calendar|url=http://www.drikpanchang.com/navratri/ashwin-shardiya-navratri-dates.html?year=2020 }}</ref>
|date2022= January 18 to February 16
}}

[[File:Swasthani Temple 01.jpg|thumb|Swasthani goddess temple in [[Sankhu]]]]
'''Shree Swasthani''' is a Hindu [[goddess]] ([[Parameshwari]]) and is responsible for the good fortune, welfare and Power. She is mostly worshipped in Nepal in the holy month from poush Shukla purnima to magh Shukla purnima with dedicated rituals. Following such ritutals within this holy month brought many wishes to be fruitful for many. Through the reciting of story, we can find out the changes in fate provided by Goddess in the lives of several persons. But there are moluch more people who worships and have been satisfied by her blessings. She is a mother who loves you so much that, she will not take you go wrong path no matter the steps she takes for so.

== Original Newa version==
The original Newa version is very different from Swasthani written in Nepali language. People in the town of Sakwo have handwritten documents of Swasthani in [[Newar language]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/jns/pdf/JNS_01.pdf | publisher=(NewZh VijiiZna) A Journal Of Newar Studies}}</ref>

==Swasthani Brata Katha==
[[File:Swasthani Brata Katha in Nepali language (ca. 1917).jpg|thumb|A page of Swasthani Brata Katha in [[Nepali language]] (ca. 1917).]]
[[Swasthani Brata Katha]] is a [[Hindu]] tale recited every day for a month, which mostly falls in January and February.<ref>{{Cite web|title=10 interesting facts about Swasthani Brata Katha|url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/interesting-facts-about-swasthani-brata-katha.html|access-date=2021-01-30|website=OnlineKhabar English News|date=28 January 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The book has 31 chapters which tell the story of life of various gods and goddesses.
The story of goddess Swasthani and [[Shiva]] is mainly focussed, Swasthani is the [[Hindu deity]] known for miraculously granting wishes made in a solemn state by the pure.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/23/10215654-nepalese-women-bathe-for-swasthani-festival|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418004639/http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/23/10215654-nepalese-women-bathe-for-swasthani-festival|title=Nepalese women bathe for Swasthani festival|url-status=dead|date=23 Jan 2012|archive-date=2012-04-18|work=msnbc.msn.com}}</ref> The sacred book was originated in Ancient civilizations of [[Nepal]]. The [[Brahmins]] were the first to have read this. It is read mostly by [[Nepal]]i Hindus in comparison with those from [[India]].
This book's story was derived from [[Skanda Purana]].

==Festival==
The festival usually begins from the [[full moon]] day in the [[Pohela (month)|Pohela]] month of [[Nepal Era]] which is [[Poush]] month of [[Bikram Sambat]], normally from January to February, and will end on the next full moon day. Every night family members gather around, recite one chapter of the story each day till the 31st day in almost every Nepali family.
This month-long festival is marked by fasting especially by women including few men the entire month for the sake of family welfare or getting a good husband or wife.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2012-01/10/c_131352690.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306113839/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2012-01/10/c_131352690.htm|title=Month long fast of Swasthani Goddess begins in Nepal|url-status=dead|date=2012-01-10|archive-date=2016-03-06|work=[[Xinhua News Agency]]}}</ref>
The festival conclude with an [[Ashvamedha|Ashwamegha]] Yagya, devotees worship god Shiva for whole night.

When the festival concludes next month, various types of food are prepared to mark the end of the day and it is believed that every thing has to be 108 pieces even the flowers.
Of the 108 pieces, eight are to be given to the husbands, if there is no husband then to son, and if no son then to the son of a friend, and if no friend then the fasting lady has to formally release it on the nearby river.

The festival is in fact not a festival. It is a ritual of fasting for 30 days. It is called 'apsan chonegu' in the local [[Newa language]] and 'brata' in Nepali. Fasting is voluntary for those interested undertake this month-long brata. Traditionally, the locals of Swaniga - Kathmandu Valley - observed this brata. Swaniga refers to the local villages, towns and cities like Sakwo(Sankhu), Khwopa (Bhaktapur), Yala, (Patan), Yen (Kathmandu), Bhondesh -Bhotan (Banepa), Palanti (Panauti), Phampi (Pharpin), and other Newar localities. Especially people from certain castes of Newars took this brata.

In the present day context, the devotees are not limited to [[Newar people]] only. There are devotees from all over the country and all the Hindu castes. The devotees from Brahmin and [[Chhetri]] communities are increasing year by year. During the Brata, God Madhavnarayan is worshipped. It seems that the brata is a blend of [[Shaivism]] and [[Vaishnavism]]. Madhavnarayan is the name of the lord [[Vishnu]] in the month [[Magha (month)|Magh]] since the lord Vishnu is worshipped by different names in each of the 12 different months.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

==References==
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[[Category:Hindu literature]]
[[Category:Hindu goddesses]]

Swasthani Barta (Fast) - Revision history

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