ರಥಸಪ್ತಮಿ ಅಥವಾ ಮಾಘ ಸಪ್ತಮಿ ||2022|| ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕವಾಗಿ ‌ ಕಣ್ಮನ ಸೆಳೆದ ಮೇಲುಕೋಟೆ melukote ratha saptami ....

ರಥ ಸಪ್ತಮಿ ಅಥವಾ ರಥಸಪ್ತಮಿ (ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ : ಅಥವಾ ಮಾಘ ಸಪ್ತಮಿ ) ಹಿಂದೂ ಹಬ್ಬವಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಇದು ಹಿಂದೂ ತಿಂಗಳ ಮಾಘದ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಮಾನವಾದ ಅರ್ಧ (ಶುಕ್ಲ ಪಕ್ಷ) ದಲ್ಲಿ ಏಳನೇ ದಿನ (ಸಪ್ತಮಿ ) ಬರುತ್ತದೆ . [4] ಇದು ಸಾಂಕೇತಿಕವಾಗಿ ಏಳು ಕುದುರೆಗಳಿಂದ (ಏಳು ಬಣ್ಣಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಸುವ) ಎಳೆಯುವ ತನ್ನ ರಥವನ್ನು (ರಥವನ್ನು) ಉತ್ತರ ಗೋಳಾರ್ಧದ ಕಡೆಗೆ, ಈಶಾನ್ಯ ದಿಕ್ಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ ತಿರುಗಿಸುವ ಸೂರ್ಯ ದೇವರು ಸೂರ್ಯನ ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದು ಸೂರ್ಯನ ಜನ್ಮವನ್ನು ಸೂಚಿಸುತ್ತದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಸೂರ್ಯ ಜಯಂತಿ (ಸೂರ್ಯ-ದೇವರ ಜನ್ಮದಿನ) ಎಂದು ಆಚರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.
Ratha Saptami or Rathasapthami (Sanskrit: रथसप्तमी or Magha Saptami) is a Hindu festival that falls on the seventh day (Saptami) in the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of the Hindu month Maagha.[4] It is symbolically represented in the form of the Sun God Surya turning his Ratha (Chariot) drawn by seven horses (representing seven colours) towards the northern hemisphere, in a north-easternly direction. It also marks the birth of Surya and hence celebrated as Surya Jayanti (the Sun-god’s birthday). Ratha Saptami is symbolic of the change of season to spring and the start of the harvesting season. For most Indian farmers, it is an auspicious beginning of the New Year. The festival is observed by all Hindus in their houses and in innumerable temples dedicated to Surya, across India.
Ratha Saptami is symbolically represented in the form of the Sun God Surya turning his Ratha (Chariot) drawn by seven horses, with Aruṇa as the charioteer, towards the northern hemisphere, in a north-easterly direction. The symbolic significance of the ratha and the seven horses reigned to it is that it represents the seven colours of the rainbow. The seven horses are also said to represent the seven days of a week starting with Sunday, the day of Sun god Surya. The chariot has 12 wheels, which represents the 12 signs (each of 30 degrees) of the Zodiac (360 degrees) and constituting a full year, named Samvatsara. The Sun’s own house is Leo (Simha) and he moves from one house to the next every month and the total cycle takes 365 days to complete. The Ratha Saptami festival seeks the benevolent cosmic spread of energy and light from the Sun God.[6]
Ratha Saptami also marks the gradual increase in temperature across South India and awaits the arrival of spring, which is later heralded by the festival of Gudi Padwa, Ugadi or the Hindu lunar New Year day in the month of Chaitra.
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