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Maa Annapurna Katha: It is only by the grace of Maa Annapurna that our house is blessed with food. Today we will tell you the story of incarnation of Mother Annapurna.
4 December, 2025
Maa Annapurna Katha: In Sanatan Dharma, everything related to nature has been considered important. Similarly, food or grains also have special importance. Annapurna Jayanti is celebrated every year on the day of Margashirsha Purnima. Annapurna, the goddess of food, was born on this day. Mother Annapurna produces food on earth. On this day, Mother Annapurna is worshiped and stories are heard. It is believed that our house is blessed with food only by the grace of Mother Annapurna. Today we will tell you the story of the incarnation of Mother Annapurna.
Mother Parvati made all the food disappear
According to the legend, Lord Shiva once told Mother Parvati that this world is only Maya, this body and food are also Maya. Food has no importance. Mother Parvati got hurt by these words of Lord Shiva. She decided that to make Lord Shiva understand the value of food, she would make all the food disappear from the world. As soon as Mother Parvati did this, there was crisis in the whole world. Life started ending everywhere, people started suffering from hunger. Even the gods started yearning for food. Lord Shiva also became distraught with hunger.
Lord Shiva asked for alms
Seeing the world being destroyed, Mother Parvati incarnated in the form of Mother Annapurna in Kashi. Mother took incarnation with Akshaya Patra in her hand, in which food never ends. Seeing the mother, Lord Shiva came to her to beg for food. Mother gave them food. Thus Lord Shiva accepted that food has the greatest importance. Mother Annapurna donated food to everyone on earth from Akshaya Patra. In this way, Mother Annapurna, the goddess of food, was born and she sustained life in the world.
There is a temple of Mother Annapurna in Kashi.
Mother Annapurna is considered the goddess of food and prosperity. She provides food, nutrition, knowledge and salvation to her devotees. There is also a famous temple of Annapurna Mata near Kashi Vishwanath in Kashi (Varanasi). It is said that Lord Shiva himself comes to Kashi in the form of a beggar to ask for food. Today i.e. on the day of Margashirsha Purnima, Mother Goddess is worshipped, due to which there is no shortage of food in the house.
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