Shamba Dashmi

30 Dec, 2025

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Shamba Dashmi on 30-12-2025

About Shamba Dashmi 2025

Introduction to Shamba Dashami

Samba Dashami is celebrated on the Shukla Paksha Dashami of the month of Pausha. It is a unique festival of Odisha. If we look at the English calendar, it is celebrated in the month of January. Odia people celebrate it with great reverence and devotion. Actually, it is a fast celebrated in honour of Lord Sun. This festival is especially celebrated in the eastern part of Odisha.

Know The Story of Shamba Dashami

According to Shamba Purana, one of Shri Krishna's sons was named Samba. Shamba was not a good person by nature. Neither did he respect the seniors nor obey the ladies and elders. Shri Krishna was also very sad as per his activities and behaviour.

One day, Sri Krishna was just passed there, he saw

Shamba caught one of Shri Krishna's queens and caught him embracing her. When Shri Krishna saw this, he got furious and cursed him to become "leper" in anger.

What happened, after sometime Shamba got afflicted with the disease of "leper". Then he started seeking treatment from here and there, but got no relief. Shamba started feeling very sad. When he gets sick more, people start hating him. No one was there for him either. Then day by day he started getting sicker.

One day Narad Muni came and told Shamba to worship the Sun God. After giving “Guru Diksha Updesh” to Shamba, Narad Muni told Shamba to keep the Sun God in the “Ark Kshetra”. Why is the Ark Kshetra the abode of the Sun God? that Ark Kshetra, which is called Konark. After doing continuous penance for 12 years there, Shamba today on Shukla Paksha Dashami Tithi, had darshan of the Sun God and after having darshan, he got the disease of leper and got his previous form back. But after worshipping the Sun God, Shamba had completely changed, his nature was like a pure gold.

When he remembered his previous behaviour and activities, he felt very sad. Then he lived on this earth with his family for many years and enjoyed the life of a king, at the end he attained the Vishnu Lok.

Since then, people worship the Sun God for the good health of their children and to be free from diseases and to live a long life. Today, if someone has to suffer from any such long-term illness, then that illness can be cured by seeing the Sun God and observing his fast, people still believe this.

Anyone who takes a vow to observe this fast for 12 years, it is said that his disease is definitely cured. Some people make special sweets as prasad for their children for their long life like Chhena Gaja, Chhena Poda, Rash Malai, Rasgullah, Mohan Bhog, Kheer etc. and observe a fast for Lord Surya.

On the day of Shamba Dashami, the rising sun and the setting sun are worshipped.

Shamba Dashami Puja Vidhi

First of all, after waking up in Brahma Muhurta(early morning), you have to clean the place where you have to do Surya Puja. If you do it with cow dung, then it is considered very holy and good.

Then wash and take a bath after wearing clean clothes, you have to arrange the puja items of worship.

Keep a red colored Asana on the chowki, and keep the idol of Sun God on it, if there is no idol, then definitely keep a betel nut or a Sun god’s photo along with a Ganesh idol or photo to established, if not an idol, then there can also be a betel nut.

After that, establish the Kalash, display some grains before the installed of Kalash, make an “Astdal Padma” in the grain, put a pitcher or brass pot on top of it, Tie the neck of the Kalash with Kalawa, fill the Kalash with water, put Durva, Gangajal, a betel nut, a silver coin, a piece of turmeric, some kumkum inside the Kalash.

Then keep five mango leaves on top, and after that keep a whole coconut or green coconut. On top of the Kalash. Put some flowers, durva, rice grains on them, cover the Kalash with a red cloth. Now your Kalash is ready.

Then take some rice grains in your hand and pray to Lord Ganesh. If you do not know the mantra, you can simply say it like this, Oh Lord Gajanan, Oh Parvati's son Ganesh, I am praying to you, please come here and make my worship successful.

After that, leave those rice grains on whatever you have installed as Ganesh, it can be photo, idol or betel nut.

First of all, offer water to him for bathing and for Asana, Padasana, Aachman,

Then offer “Hasto Arghya” a water mixed with sandalwood, kumkum, flowers, after that worship him with incense sticks, lamp, fragrance, kumkum, naivedya.

After that you have to invoke the Sun God, just like you did for Ganesh Ji, you have to do the same for the Sun God. After that you have to offer water,

Offer the water mixed with turmeric to the Sun God for Asana, Padasana, Aachman and bathing.

After that offer flowers for Aasan, Padasana,

Then offer clothes as Vastram. Then apply sandalwood and perfume on a flower and offer it to the Sun God.

Then after offering incense, lamp, Naivedya, Kumkum, turmeric, all this.

Now You offer Arghya to the Sun, the Arghya should only be in a pot made of brass, copper, silver. Mix Ganga water, Tulsi, Akshat, Kumkum, Turmeric paste in the vessel in which Arghya is to be offered and offer Arghya to the Sun.

After that offer Naivedya, There are various types of odia recipes for Naivedyas includes Manda Pitha, Kakra Pitha, Kheer, Pulav, Khichdi, Laddu, Chhena Gaja, Kheera Gaja, Malpua, Makara Chaula, Sesame Laddu, Mala Pua, Pheni, Shakara, Muan. Keep in mind that those are should be without salt and oil in the Prasad. Prasad only in the made with cow ghee.

Salt and oil are not used in Surya Puja.

After offering Naivedya, do Banda-Pana of Sun God, do it with ber leaves, Durva, Askhata.

After that recite Samba Purana, Surya Upasana Purana or Aditya Hridya Stotra.

Make a box in clay in advance, make 7 holes in it, fill it by pouring turmeric water in all the 7 holes and put your wish in front of Sun God, for which you are doing this Puja and fast. Keep turmeric water in a brass or copper bowl and ask for your wish after looking at the Sun God in it.

Then pray to them for forgiveness that if I have done any mistake knowingly or unknowingly during the puja, please forgive me.

Now this is your morning puja. Then you have to get ready for a puja in the evening before sunset. If you have kept a fast, then you do not have to eat anything during the day, whatever puja you do in the evening, after that you can eat whatever, you offer. Some people also eat fruits.

In the evening puja, you have to prepare 2 recipes in particular, one "Ghanta Tarkari", one mixed vegetable curry and "Budha Chakuli" like Uttapam.

You can find out its recipe from your neighbor because this article has become very long.

After the prasad is ready, you have to get ready for puja at 5:30 pm. Because it gets dark very early in January.

In the puja place, you should offer water to Lord Ganesha and Sun God with Achmana.

Then after worshipping with incense stick, lamp, perfume, flowers, offer naivedya.

After that, do aarti of Ganesh ji, Surya Bhagwan and Kalash.

Then take some rice grains in your hand and sprinkle them on Ganesh ji, Surya Dev and Kalash and pray for good health. Then you pick up the puja platform, tie the betel nut in a cloth and keep it in the puja place. Keep it for the next year, otherwise you can immerse it and do everything afresh next year, it depends on you.

You can do this fast for as many years as you want by taking a resolution.