History about Sri Chitragupt maharaj ji By Alok Srii

hitragupta puja – Chitragupta bhagwan, Chitragupta Jayanti on Bhai Dooj

Chitragupta Puja also known as Dawat (Inkpot) puja or Chitragupta Jayanthi is on 2009 date is October 19th. It is celebrated on Bhai Dooj, two days after Diwali, in North India. Chitragupta Pooja marks the birthday or Jayanti of Chitragupta and it is mainly celebrated by Katyastha caste. Lord Bramha created 16 sons from the various parts of his own body and Chitragupta was the 17th son who was born from the whole body (Kaya) and hence the progeny of Chitragupta are called as Kayasthas. The legend or story says that to assist Yamaraj, the Lord of death. Chitragupta Ji Maharaj has has two wives Shobavathi and Nandini and twelve sons named as follows: Srivastava, Surajdwaj, Nigam, Kulshreshth, Mathur, Karna, Saxena, Gaud, Asthana, Ambasht, Bhatnagar and Bulmik.

The Duty Of Chitragupt Ji Maharaj

Hindu Dharam is based on a multiple phase life cycle involving re-birth. It is believed that those who do not attain a balance between their good-deeds and misdoing, have to attain re-birth in any living form , to complete the life cycle.

The primary duty awarded to Shree Chitraguptjee is to create log of the lives of all living beings, judge their lives based on good-deeds and misdoing, and decide, upon ones death, whether they will attain Nirvana, ie, the completion of their life cycle & redemption from all worldly troubles or, receive punishment for their misdoing in another life form.

Chitragupta Puja Celebrations:

Chitragupta puja is revered by Kayastha families in North India. On this day they acknowledge the importance of the good deeds and believe that world peace, justice, knowledge and literacy are the four primary virtues dipicted by the form of Shri Chitragupta Maharaj. The puja is also known as Dawat (Inkpot) puja. On the day before the puja Kayastas stop using pen and paper and on the next day, that is on the day of puja, pens and paper are worshipped and respected. All this symbolizes the importance of study in the life of a Kayastha.

The Deity or lamination of Lord Chitragupta is placed and detailed puja is carried out and sweets are offered. The earning members of the family give account of their earnings in writing to Chitragupta. They put forth the requirements of money for the coming year and pray for his blessings to get the needed amount.