Akshaya Tritiya

Akshaya Tritiya is a festival to buy gold to ensure good fortune. Besides buying gold, thousands of years ago, on this day, Ved Vyas began writing Mahabharat. Today is also the birth day of Parushuram. In Bengal, the day is celebrated at Halkhatta and in the north it is called Akha Teej.

Gold purchades on Akshaya Tritiya brings eternal prosperity
In the modern day India, Gold coins are a hot favourite on Akshaya Tritiya. Gold Shops all over give discounts on making charges.

However, be careful when buying gold, even the biggest names in Gold Retail have been fined for having error in their weighing machines. It is best to buy gold coins from banks which ensure 99.99% purity.