HINDU FASTS & FESTIVALS: 21 - Sri Swami Sivananda.
===================================================================================================== Sunday 22, February 2026, 05:45. In the Regeneration and Divinisation of Human Beings HINDU FASTS & FESTIVALS: 21. Sri Swami Sivananda. 21. Satya Narayana Vratam: Post-21. ================================================================================================== YOU ARE all familiar with Narada Rishi. He is the Triloka Sanchari–the one who moves about in the three worlds. When he once visited the earth plane, there was great misery. He was unable to find a way to relieve human suffering. He at once approached Lord Narayana and related to Him the sad state of affairs on earth. Lord Narayana said to Narada, “O venerable Rishi, let people observe the Satya Narayana Vrata in the evening of Shankranti or Purnima. Let them all hear the story (Katha) of Satya Narayana. All miseries will come to an end. There is no doubt of this.” Rishi Narada thereupon returned t...