tenth Tithi of Bright Half of Ashvina (Vijay Dashmi), third Tithi of Bright Half of Vaishakha (Akshay Tritiya- Parshu Jyanti) and first Tithi of Bright Half of
Akshaya Tritiya is the day on which Lord Parusurama, the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu, was born. His real name was Bhargava Rama. Parashurama, a Brahmin, received his famous axe after undertaking terrible penance to please Shiva, who in turn taught him Kalaripayattu (the mother of all ...