When to worship ?
 
Jaya Parvati Vrat starts from the thirteenth day of Shukla Paksha of July in the month of Ashadha. This fast is for five days. It is recommended to observe this fast for a maximum of five, nine, eleven or twenty years continuously every year. It has been told in the Puranas that Lord Vishnu has told the secret of this fast to Goddess Lakshmi. Apart from this, by making a sand elephant in the fast, they also worship it and five types of fruits and flowers are offered to them.
 
Women and girls observing the fast cannot eat Anna or any kind of vegetables. They can eat only fruits, milk curd or sweets made from milk. In this fast, you can eat only fruit made from jowar without salt.

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