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Akshaya Tritiya

Also called: Akha Teej, Akti, Parashurama Jayanti

The third day of the bright half of Vaishakha, the day whose merit and gifts never diminish, kept for Vishnu and Lakshmi, for Parashurama's birth, for charity and for buying gold.

Sources: Akshaya Tritiya: the day and its legends (Drik Panchang; Times of India; ISKCON Bangalore; Matsya Purana 65) · see Akshaya Tritiya's web

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Akshaya Tritiya festival of

Sudama (Mortal) Vaishnava · The rice tied in a cloth (Sudama and Krishna)
His visit is told as falling on this day.
Lakshmi (Consort) All traditions · The gooseberry and the golden rain (the Kanakadhara Stotram)
Worshipped with Vishnu; the Kanakadhara is recited.

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Akshaya Tritiya: the day and its legends (Drik Panchang; Times of India; ISKCON Bangalore; Matsya Purana 65) Popular retelling