It’s an auspicious Tuesday and a ‘golden’ opportunity for shopaholics to shop till they drop. Literally! For it’s raining sales and special offers on Akshaya Tritiya (Akha Teej).
But what’s the big deal? It’s all there, in the word itself – ‘Akshaya’ means endless.
Akshaya Tritiya is believed to bring good luck and success and hence embodies the perfect day to buy gold. Naturally, a lot of people are set to encash on this shopping festival.
Happy Bappi Lahiri Day
Akshaya Tritiya could easily be known as Bappi Lahiri Day. And why not? For the flashy music director is known for his shimmer and glimmer! Keeping traditions in mind, it’s the best day for him to buy gold with prices being stable for a while. Meanwhile, NSE and BSE have also extended their trading hours for Gold Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) till 7 PM on April 21.
So guys, have a Happy Bappi Lahiri Day.
Yeh E-shopping Kya Hai?
Do you plan to work on Tuesday? Ha! Who are you kidding? All leading online portals – Flipkart, Jabong, Amazon, Snapdeal – are enticing consumers with some heavy discounts on gold, platinum and diamond jewellery that cannot be ignored. So dear fellow gold buyers, if you get constant SMS alerts from your bank Tuesday, don’t be surprised. It’s all for good luck!
Do Bigha Zamin
Buying a house or land is considered to be the next best thing to gold. Strangely though, real estate companies have not yet jumped on to the bandwagon with any exciting offers.
Either people have no faith in real estate developers or the latter are simply consumed with the worry that Robert Vadra is going to buy their land or house.
New Beginnings
Akshaya Tritiya marks the shubh muhurat to start a business or a company. Case in point: South Indian actress Tamannaah Bhatia announced that her website Witengold will go live on Akshaya Tritiya. Ideally, it would also have been the best day for Rahul baba to re-launch the Congress with his farmers rally on April 21.
Please Knot! Best Day To Get Hitched
This Tuesday could be a double whammy for you. First you buy gold. Then you get married. And voila! You live happily ever after. Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, are you guys listening?
Spam Alert
This auspicious day does come with one drawback, however: there are endless spam SMS and WhatsApp messages that do the rounds.
Even if you don’t know what Akshaya Tritiya is right now, you are guaranteed to become a veritable expert on it come Tuesday (just like this reporter). Holistatus.in has already put up ready-made status messages, SMS and WhatsApp messages, which you can forward. Sample this:
Aapko Akha Teej Ki Her Saari Shubh
Kamnaye, Maa Lakshmi Aap Pe Apni
Krupa Humesha Banaye Rahkhee Apko
Akshaya Tritiya Ki Shubh Kamnaye
You get the idea.
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