God Sheetla Ma

 Mataji Sheetla loves stale food.  People take stale food as prasad on the day of Sheetla  Ashtami.  It is said that on the day of Shree Sheetla Ashtami, the stove is not lit in the houses and it is the custom to take only cooked food at night on that day.  Sheetla Mata ji is worshipped.  In another plate, a garland of roli rice, mehndi, lamp, turmeric, lachha (moli), clothes, Holi garland.  Eight days after Holi, the festival of Shri Sheetla Ashtami is celebrated.  There is a tradition of offering cold or stale food to Mataji Sheetla Devi on this.  Mataji Sheetla Devi is the wife of Lord Shiva.  Take a bath with cold water.  Donate to the poor.  Due to winter and summer, there is a risk of getting many types of seasonal diseases.  Hence the tradition of eating cold food has been created.

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