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After the usual puja, the thread with eight k;. 



left arm and the worshipper listens to the legend of Dun a- repeati 



ed by the officiating priest. 



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When the Kshiroda ocean was churned for nectar, Vishnu had with his anna 

 and thighs held the Mandar lull, and the forcible rotation of the bill 

 hair off his body. 



These were carried by the waves to the other bank and became pnro 

 Durva. Thus originated Durva from the body of Vishnu, and upon Durva, the 

 excellent nectar, generated from the churning of the ocean, was placed. 



The Asokashtami, the Arunodava Saptami, and the Madanol 

 are three other vratas in which trees are worship] 



From the Sa/crotthuna, the rising of Indra alter the new moon 

 ceding the Durga puja, the whole fortnight is dovotod t 

 other form of tree-worship. 



Asokashtami is observed on the eighth day of the bright fort- 

 night of Chaitra. Eight blossoms of Jum-nia asoka in water are 

 drunk, with the following mantra : 



In the Bhavishya Parana, the vrata of Arunodaya Saptami is 

 described.f 



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