Matangi Jayanti Date 2024: Significance, Rituals, and Mantras for Devotees

Matangi Jayanti Friday May 10, 2024

Matangi Jayanti, a significant Hindu festival, is observed with reverence and devotion. Matangi Jayanti will be celebrated on Friday May 10, 2024. This year, Matangi Jayanti coincides with Akshaya Tritiya. The Tritiya Tithi starts at 6:47 PM on May 9 and ends at 5:20 AM on May 10.

Goddess Matangi is the ninth Mahavidya and is also known as the Tantric form of Goddess Saraswati. She is associated with learning, intelligence, wisdom, and creativity. Devotees pray for her blessings to achieve mastery in speech, music, arts, and knowledge.

Matangi is widely recognized in her form as Uchchhishta-Chandalini or Uchchhishta-Matangini. She frequently represents pollution, misfortune, and the margins of Hindu society.

In traditional Hinduism, she is regarded as an outcaste (Chandalini) and receives offerings of leftover or partially consumed food (Uchchhishta) with unwashed hands, or food that has been eaten, both considered impure. Nevertheless, her worship is recommended for those seeking supernatural abilities, dominance over adversaries, allure to others, proficiency in the arts, and the attainment of ultimate knowledge.

Legend has it that Matangi intervened to teach Lord Shiva a lesson. When he attempted to deceive her by transforming his appearance, she countered with her wisdom and divine might. Additionally, Matangi is often linked with forests and the natural world.

SIGNIFICANCE Worshipping Goddess Matangi on Matangi Jayanti helps in removing negativities from life. She governs intelligence, wisdom, and creativity. Those seeking expertise in dancing, singing, and other art forms should offer their prayers to her. Devotees seeking conjugal bliss also worship Goddess Matangi on this day.

This year, Matangi Jayanti coincides with Akshaya Tritiya.

RITUALS

On Matangi Jayanti, devotees wake up early and begin the day with a holy bath. They place the idol of Goddess Matangi on an altar, light incense sticks and lamps, and offer garlands, flowers, and coconuts. Sacred mantras are chanted to seek her blessings.

MANTRAS Goddess Matangi is associated with numerous potent mantras. Devotees chant these mantras to seek her blessings and connect with her divine power. Below are some notable mantras of Matangi:

• कामिनी रञ्जिनी स्वाहा॥Kamini Ranjini Svaha॥
• ॐ ह्रीं क्लीं हूं मातंग्यै फट् स्वाहा॥Om Hreem Kleem Hum Matangyai Phat Svaha॥
• ॐ उच्छिष्टचण्डालिनि सुमुकि देवि महापिशाचिनि ह्रीं ठः ठः ठः Om Ucchishta Chandalini Sumuki Devi Mahapishachini Hreem Thah Thah Thah
• ॐ ह्रीं ऐं भगवती मतंगेश्वरी श्रीं स्वाहा॥Om Hreem Aim Bhagawati Matangeshwari Shreem Svaha॥