Shukla Paksha Ashtami in the Vedic lunar month of Magha is known as Bhishma (Bheeshma) Ashtami.
Grandsire Bhishma from The Maha Bharat (great Indian epic) is believed to have left for his heavenly abode on this day.
After Pandavas won the war and even though he was laying on a bed of arrows, he chose to wait until this day, so that with the advent of spring with Vasant Panchami and the Sun's transit in the northward direction with Ratha Saptami, it would be an auspicious time to let go of his human-incarnation.
Grandsire Bhishma from The Maha Bharat (great Indian epic) is believed to have left for his heavenly abode on this day.
After Pandavas won the war and even though he was laying on a bed of arrows, he chose to wait until this day, so that with the advent of spring with Vasant Panchami and the Sun's transit in the northward direction with Ratha Saptami, it would be an auspicious time to let go of his human-incarnation.
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