Akshaya means, “Imperishable” or “that which never diminishes”. It is said that the charity done on Askshya Tritiya remain “Akshaya” imperishable and eternal.
Every year construction of the huge Rath carts in Puri also start on this day.
Most devotees know it as the beginning of Chandan-yatra. It is the day Srila Madhavendra Puri applied sandalwood paste on Khira-chora Gopinatha.
On this day, Sudama gave the Lord a tiny portion of chipped rice and was rewarded with unimaginable opulence’s.
Draupadi was protected by Lord Krishna twice on this day, once when He provided her an unlimited sari at the dice game in return for a tiny piece of cloth, and later, when she needed to provide food for Durvasa muni, the Lord took a single grain of rice from her pot and satisfied the hunger of all the sages.Draupadi, the wife of the Pandavas, received the famous akshaya-patra from Lord Krishna on this day.