When is Narsimha Jayanti in 2024 ?

Lord Narasimha is considered to be the most powerful incarnation of Lord Vishnu and is the fourth avatar who appeared from the pillar as half men and half lion. Lord Narasimha took birth to destroy the demon Hirnakashyapa and had the body of human and head of lion. Fast kept during the Jayanti is considered to be more auspicious when combined with Vaishaka Shukla Chaturdashi, Swati Nakshatra and Saturday. Hirnakashyapa had son Prahalad and he was the devotee of Lord Vishnu and he didn’t liked this, so he took decision that he will kill Lord Vishnu. One day Hirnakashyapa asked his son that whether the Lord Vishnu resides in the pillar, so his son replied yes, so Hirnakashyapa broke the pillar and from it Lord Narasimha arrived and destroyed the demon. The Jayanti is celebrated in the month of Vaishakha on the fourteenth day.

Pooja on this day helps to come out of all the problem as all the evils are being destroyed. This year the Narasimha Jayanti will be celebrated on Tuesday, 21 May 2024.

On this day, new clothes are being weared and the prayers are being offered to Lord Narasimha. In the pooja room the idol of both Goddess Lakshmi and Lord narasimha is kept together and is being worshipped. The mantra needs to be recited using the Rudraksha mala. The clothes are also being donated on this day so that the blessings are achieved.

All the debts and financial problems are also being removed from the life of an individual and the life is being lived with prosperity and peace. All the evil spirits go away from the life and the materialistic things are also achieved. The mantra that is recited on this day is

om namo bhagavate narasiṁhāya

namastejastejase āvirāvirbhava

vrajranakha vajradaṁṣṭra

karmāśayān raṁdhaya raṁdhaya

tamo grasa grasa svāhā

abhayamabhayamātmani bhūyiṣṭhāḥ

om kṣrauṁ svāhā ||