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Mangalvar Vrat: Dates, Vidhi & Katha

The Tuesday fast for Lord Hanuman is kept for courage, health, freedom from debt and to reduce the bad effects of Mars (Mangal dosh).

📅 Upcoming Mangalvar Vrat Dates

Upcoming dates will be added soon.

🪔 Mangalvar Vrat Vidhi

  1. Bathe and wear red clothes
  2. Offer sindoor, chameli oil, red flowers and jaggery-chana to Hanuman ji
  3. Recite Hanuman Chalisa or Sunderkand
  4. Eat one meal without salt after sunset

📖 Mangalvar Vrat Katha

A Brahmin couple had no children. The wife fasted every Tuesday, and Hanuman ji blessed her with a son named Mangal. When her husband, out of doubt, tried to harm the boy, Hanuman ji protected him and revealed the truth. The couple then served Hanuman ji with complete faith.

🍎 What to Eat During the Fast

Wheat-and-jaggery dishes, boondi, fruits and milk. Salt is usually avoided.

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