Roth Teej is celebrated on Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya by the followers of Jainism by eating only one single grain-made thick bread or chapatti called ‘roth’, once during the day.
The festival is a reminder that material wealth is not important and gratification of senses leads to strife and sorrow.
Here is a sentence acrostic on Roth Teej
R: Relinquishing desires
O: Of gratification of
T: Tongue and taste to gain true
H: Happiness.
T: Taking simple one-grain thick bread or roth and
E: Eating with curd-turai rayata
E: Enjoined by neighbours and relatives for
J: Joy of sharing and taking vows for simple living and divine thinking
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