Shravan Maas

🕉️ Shravan Maas 2025 – Dates, Significance, Rituals & Benefits

What is Shravan Maas?

Shravan Maas (also called Savan maas) is one of the holiest months in the Hindu calendar. It is dedicated to Lord Shiva and is observed with deep devotion by Hindus across India and worldwide. According to the Vedic lunar calendar, Shravan falls in July–August, and every Monday (Shravan Somvar) during this month is considered especially auspicious.

This sacred month is a time for fasting, chanting mantras, offering prayers, and engaging in spiritual practices to seek blessings, peace, and prosperity.

Lord Shiva is believed to be the most receptive this month, and devotees pray and perform Maha Mrityunjay Homa/Havan, Rudra Homa, and Rudrabhishek puja to make their wishes heard. The rituals in this month involve Pujas and fasts, which make the connection to god deeper and cleanse your soul. 

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Shravan Maas 2025 Dates (By Region)

🗓️ The start and end dates of Shravan Maas vary by region (Purnimant vs Amavasyant calendars).

Note: Every Shravan Somvar (Monday) is an ideal day for Shiv Puja, Rudrabhishek, or fasting.

Legend Behind Shravan Maas Puja

As per the legends, when Samudra Manthan (the churning of oceans) took place in Shravan, 14 different types of exotic items came out. Thirteen of these were distributed among participants, except Halahal or poison (the 14^th item from Samudra Manthan). Lord Shiva drank the Halahal and stored it in his throat, hence the name Neelkantha (meaning blue throat) is attributed to Lord Shiva. In order to reduce the strong effect of this poison, Lord Shiva wore the crescent moon on his head. Thereafter all the Gods started offering Ganges water to cool Lord Shiva and to alleviate the ill effects of the Halahal (poison). Since this happened in the month of Shravana, the devotees of Lord Shiva devotees offer Abhishekam (ritual bathing) to Lord Shiva in this month.

Importance & Significance of Shravan Maas

• 🌿 Dedicated to Lord Shiva: Devotees perform Abhishekam with water, milk, bilva leaves, and chant “Om Namah Shivaya.”

• 🌕 Spiritually powerful month: Fasting, prayer, and charity during this time are said to remove negative karma.

• 🔱 Favorable for Rudrabhishek & Maha Mrityunjaya Jaap

• 🙏 Women pray for marital bliss and unmarried girls observe fasts to get a good life partner.

• 🧘 Detox for body & mind: Ayurveda also supports fasting in Shravan due to the monsoon digestive slowdown.

 

Spiritual practices during Shravan Maas

1. Fasting – In this, the devotees abstain from eating prohibited food and drinks as part of the cleanse during this month. There are 5 types of vrats (fasts) that devotees undertake, most common is the sawan somwar vrat, and solah somwar vrat, kept on Mondays (somwar).
2. Rudra Abhishek – It is the main puja this month to worship Lord Shiva. People wearing rudraksha can use it for chanting. 
3. Others- many other pujas are done to worship Lord Shiva, and offerings are made of panchamrit to Shivlinga. Many people feed the hungry or perform service to the community to show their compassion toward the lives saved by Lord Shiva. Kunwariyas walk barefeet to pour ganga jal on Shivalinga.

 

Significance of Mondays during Shravan Maas

Mondays are dedicated to Shiva; all rituals are more receptive to the people on Mondays. Most fasts are kept on Mondays of this month. The auspiciousness of this day brings more positive energy and value to the acts like charity and puja. 

The Sawan Somwar Vrat is observed every Monday of the month. The Solah Somwar Vrat is kept for 16 consecutive Mondays by unmarried women to find an ideal husband. 

Festivals and events during Shravan Maas

Raksha Bandhan– This day marks the end of the Shravan Maas on a full moon night by celebrating the sacred relationship between a brother and sister. On Rakshabandhan, Sister ties a Rakhi around her brother’s wrist in return for a promise by her brother to always protect her. 

Janmashtami– It is the celebration of Lord Krishna’s birth (Krishna Janmashtami) and falls on the 8^th day after the full moon during the Shravan Maas.

Nag Panchami– Nag Panchami is a day devoted to saving and worshipping snakes and falls on the fifth day after Amavasya on Shravan Maas.

Other festivals like Hariyali Teej, Ekadashi, Varalakshmi, and Gayatri Jayanti fall in this month too.

Shravan Maas Traditions Across India

Kanwar yatra is a north Indian tradition where devotees walk barefoot to offer the holy water from the Ganges to Lord Shiva. Teej is also a north Indian tradition, where women dress in traditional attire and pray for their husband’s well-being. 

Fasts, pujas, bhajans, and kirtans are common across India and bring unity to the community. 

Do’s and Don’ts During Shravan Maas

✅ Do’s

• Wake up early and take a holy bath.

• Visit Shiva temple daily or perform home puja.

• Offer milk, curd, honey, and ghee to Shivling.

• Read Shiva Purana or chant “Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra”.

🚫 Don’ts

• Avoid non-vegetarian food, alcohol, and garlic/onion.

• Refrain from shaving or cutting nails on Mondays.

• Don’t consume salt if you are doing Nirjal Vrat.

Conclusion

Since Shravan Maas is the most auspicious month in the Hindu Calendar, the acts and prayers bring more blessings to the devotees and allow them to show their devotion to Lord Shiva. Mondays are important this month as they are associated with Lord Shiva, and many fasts are also kept on Mondays. 

Shravan Maas helps cleanse the soul of the devotees by performing rituals and keeping fasts. The prayers in this month are more receptive, and different people show their devotion in different ways.

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