Description :
The Bat Savitri Festival is celebrated with feelings of
great warmth and intensity by women. On the occasion of
Bat Savitri, women observe fast from the morning. They
offer their prayers to Savitri, the legendary heroine and
Bat or Banyan tree.
They pray for the welfare of their husbands. They remember
the passion of Savitri, a woman who fought against Death,
the divorcer of souls and eventually emerged successful.
Her will power forced Yama, the Lord of death to grant
life to her husband Satyavan. All women aspire to be as
loyal and intensely devoted to their husbands as Savitri.
They seek her blessings so that they may follow her
footsteps and be as virtuous as she was. They recite the
story of Savitri Satyaban.
The banyan tree is regarded as a holy tree. According to
legend, Satyavan took shelter under a banyan tree when
death was approaching him. They pray to it so that their
husbands may be happy, healthy and prosperous.
Time for celebrating :
This festival is celebrated each year on Krishna Amavasya
(the last day of the dark half of the month) in the month
of Jyestha. This corresponds to the month of June
according to the English Calendar |
