Swarna Gowri Vratha 2025: Date, Puja Timings, Rituals and Significance of Gowri Habba

Swarna Gowri Vratha 2025: Date, Puja Timings, Rituals, and Significance of Gowri Habba

Swarna Gowri Vratha is also known as Gowri Habba. It is one of the most auspicious Hindu festivals dedicated to Goddess Gowri, an incarnation of Goddess Parvati. In 2025, Swarna Gowri Vratha will be observed on Tuesday, August 26. The vrat is especially celebrated with devotion in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu, and it holds deep spiritual and cultural significance. Women observe this sacred fast to seek the blessings of Goddess Gowri for happy married life, prosperity, and well-being.

Swarna Gowri Vratha 2025 Date and Timings

According to the Hindu Panchang, the important timings for Swarna Gowri Vratha 2025 are as follows:

Swarna Gowri Vratha holds great importance among married women and young girls. The vrat symbolizes the divine blessings of Goddess Gowri, who is worshipped for strength, prosperity, and marital harmony. It is believed that on this day, Goddess Gowri visits her maternal home, just like a married woman visits her parents. The following day, Lord Ganesha, her son, arrives as if to take her back to Mount Kailash.

The festival also coincides with Hartalika Teej, which is observed in Maharashtra and North Indian states with similar rituals of worshipping Goddess Parvati.

Swarna Gowri Vratha Rituals

The puja rituals of Swarna Gowri Vratha are performed with great devotion and traditional customs:

• Early Morning Preparations: Devotees wake up at Brahma Muhurat, take a holy bath, and prepare for puja.
• Altar Decoration: A clean altar is decorated with flowers, turmeric, kumkum, and offerings. A clay or metal idol of Goddess Gowri is placed for worship.
• Puja Vidhi: Women perform special puja by chanting Gowri Ashtottara Shatanamavali and offering fresh flowers, fruits, and traditional sweets.
• Swarna Gowri Vratha: Married women observe this fast for the long life and well-being of their husbands, while unmarried girls seek blessings for a good life partner.
• Charity: Donating food, clothes, and money to the needy is considered highly auspicious on this day.

In Karnataka, Gowri Habba is celebrated with grandeur, where women exchange bagina (a traditional offering consisting of turmeric, kumkum, bangles, and sweets). In Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, the rituals focus on prosperity, health, and family harmony. In Maharashtra and North India, the festival is celebrated as Hartalika Teej, where women worship Goddess Parvati with fasting and devotion.

Swarna Gowri Vratha 2025, falling on August 26, is a spiritually powerful festival that celebrates the divine energy of Goddess Gowri. By observing this vrat with faith, women invite blessings of marital bliss, prosperity, and protection from obstacles. As it precedes Ganesh Chaturthi, the celebration also reflects the strong bond of mother and son, Goddess Gowri and Lord Ganesha.