Ratha Saptami
रथसप्तमी ratha-saptamīThe seventh day of the bright fortnight of Magha, kept as Surya's turning or 'birthday', when devotees bathe at dawn and offer water to the sun.
Where this term appears
- Eighty-five titles and no text: the Saura tantras and how a tradition disappears Lineages
…ater-offering as its core act, matching the Puranic prescription, and Ratha Saptami as the great festival of the Rajasthan families.
- Surya Namaskar: The Sun Salutation Yoga
It has its holy days, above all Ratha Saptami , the seventh day of the bright fortnight of Magha, kept as the sun's own turning, the day the tradition treats almost as the sun's birthday, when devotees rise in …