Purattasi - Only Veg!

Tamil month Purattasi is occurs in September/October. Purattasi is Devotional month. This fast is an abstinence of eating meat, smoking, consuming alcohol, some even do not sleep with their spouse and sleep on the floor, clean pots were no meat was cooked are used and so forth.
So Purattasi month likes only Veg only.

What are the results of observing Purattasi?

There are so much of spiritual and material benefits that can be achieved in this holy Tamil month. Humans generally have a very mixed life – they have sometimes good and sometimes bad times.  When one has problems it’s like a downpour of rain but other times in one’s life everything just seems to fall into the right place. Why you may ask…well it’s because of your Karma. When we go thro good times or bad times we forget that’s its is temporary. So make sure you create good karma for your future – fast for Purattasi. You are the master of your own destiny and only you can change it for better of for the worse. Worship Lord Vishnu (Perumal) with devotion. It’s a relentless and challenging world out there - spiritually, materially, and every other way  - get all the advantage you can get – now.

Benefits from observing Purattasi:

1.The community becomes united during this period. We must strive at all times to be united.

2. The restrictions to a vegetarian diet is not only an act of self discipline but this abstinence has profound religious significance, which helps in the purification of the body, mind and soul. It helps to discipline the mind, removes waste and toxins from the body and helps to revitalize the body in its capacity to function well. It further helps the mind to become more alert and reflexes become sharper.

3. Devotion to God especially during this Kaliyug period is important. This period, which is characteristic of excessive greed for power, extreme hatred, jealousy, anger and intolerance have polluted the life of man in general all over the world. We must strive, seek and maintain the following virtues: truth, peace, righteousness and non-violence. This helps people in directing their thoughts towards God Realization.