Vat (Bargad) tree Savitri Puja 2016, June 4th (Saturday)
In India, there are many fasts and rituals in Hindu religion for married ladies which they mainly perform for their husbands and family's prosperity. Vat Savitri Puja is one among of them. It is observed by the married women in almost Indian all parts with great dedication & devotion. This is special Vrat observed by married women for longevity of their darling husbands. This Hindu festival is dedicated to the famed married woman named Savitri who was succeeded to get back her dead beloved husband named Satyawaan by her crispy mortification.
Territorial Celebrations
The Hindu festival “Vat Savitri Puja” is celebrated across the nations, but mainly it is observed in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Orissa and Maharashtra. The married ladies of South India especially of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka observe this Hindu festival by another name “Karadaiyan Nonbu”.
Vat Savitri Puja Legends
The Puja or Vrat has been dedicated to Savitri, the brave wife of Satyawaan who won life of her dead husband. Even the festival is named after the Indian married woman, Savitri as Savitri Puja or Vrat Savitri Puja. The legends associated with Vat Savitri Puja are as follows:
Savitri was the beautiful and charming daughter of King Aswapati of Madra Desa. She had chosen Satyawaan as her her husband who was a prince in deportation, living in the forest with his blind father Dyumatsen. The princess Savitri left the dignitaries of the palace and started to live in the Jungle with her husband the in-laws. She took all pains and started looking to all her responsibilities as a devoted wife and daughter in-law.
Unfortunately, one day Satyawaan fell down from a tree and expired in the lap of his darling wife, Savitri. As soon as Satyawaan died, Yamraj appeared to take away the spirit of Satyawaan from his body. But the profound actuated wife of Satyawaan, Savitri strongly pleaded and appealed to Yamraj for her husband's life. She cried and begged for not getting divided from her husband. If at all he would take away the spirit of her husband, she would also end her life. The God of death, Yamraj moved by the sheer determination and love of Savitri and returned her husband's life.
Thereafter, Satyawaan came back to his life again and lived happily. Like such Savitri achieved her husband’s life back with her dedication and devotion towards her husband.
Hindu Rituals
In Hindu religion, all the women observe this fast of Savitri Vrat Puja for their husband’s well being. Women worship the legendary Savitri as Goddess and observe fast for their husband’s long life. The festival begin before two days while few ladies fast for three continuous days.
Women wake up early in the morning and take bath and get ready as perfect married women with all necessary ornaments and clothes. Ladies wear new clothes, new bangles and apply bindi on forehead and vermilion on the hair parting-line. They fast for their husband’s health and well being in the future.
Savitri is worshiped on this day as a personification of the Goddess and Vat or Banyan trees is also equally revered on this day.
Vat Savitri Puja Significance
Vat Savitri Puja is all about the love and devotion of a wife to her husband. The festival is observed on the full moon day or No moon day of the Hindu month of Jyestha. Vat Savitri Vrat is observed for three days and nights.
It begins on the Trayodashi day (13th day of a lunar fortnight) and ends on Amavasi or Purnima. Now, women mainly observe fast on the main ritual day that is either Purnima or Amavasi of Jyestha month. Read Further about Savitiri Puja
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