Kokila Vrat is considered very auspicious in the Hindu culture and is celebrated by women. This holy festival is dedicated to mother Sati. On the occasion of Kokila Vrat, devotees worship mother Sati as she is an incarnation of Goddess Parvati. Kokila Vrat is generally observed in Northern India and also in some of the parts in western as well as Southern India.

When is Kokila Vrat actually celebrated??

As per the Gregorian Calendar, Kokila Vrat 2020 falls on the 4th of the July month. Kokila Vrat is celebrated on the full moon day of Ashadha month.

Kokila Vrat Significance

Once the legendary king named Daksha Prajapati who was a devotee of Lord Vishnu had organized a grand Homa. He invited all the deities except Lord Shiva as he had married one of his daughters named Sati. When Sati came to know about the grand homam, she requested Lord Shiva to let her attend the ceremony. Lord Shiva permitted her to go to the homam.

When she reached the place of Homa, her heart was broken because of his father’s insulting accusations on Lord Shiva. She could not bear this insult and jumped into the fire of Homa. When Shiva got this news he got very angry and sent Veerbhadra who was his avatar to destroy the Homa and kill Daksha Prajapati. Lord Shiva cursed Sati to become a cuckoo bird for the next ten thousand years because she had not followed his orders. A few years later, Sati was reborn as Shailaja. Shailaja fasted the entire month of Ashadha to get back Lord Shiva as her husband.

What to do on Kokila Vrat

On the holy occasion of Kokila Vrat, the women who are observing fast should wake up early in the morning and take a bath with a mixture of amla pulp and water before the sunrise. These rituals go on for the next eight to ten days by worshipping bird cuckoo with haldi, Chandan, rice, and Gangajal. The rituals of Vrat start by offering prayer to Lord Sun and giving the first bread of the day to birds and cows. In the rituals of Kokila Vrat, the Cuckoo bird is considered as Goddess Parvati. A devotee should do fasting until the sunset and should conclude it by listening to the Story of Kokila Vrat.

Benefits of Kokila Vrat

Among the many benefits of holy Kokila Vrat, some of the major benefits are mentioned below:

• No one can break your commitment towards your marriage if you observe Kokila Vrat.
• The women who observe Kokila Vrat will be bestowed with prosperity and longevity the whole life.
• Kokila Vrat brings good fortune into devotee’s lives.
• The devotee will be blessed with health and wealth.
• Unmarried girls will be blessed with a good husband by performing Kokila Vrat.
• Kokila Vrat removes Bhauma Dosha from a married woman’s life who throws obstacles into the married life.