Bhai Dooj-Celebrations, Significance, Mythological Story

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Bhai Dooj is one of the main and important festival of Hindus. It comes on the second third day of Deepwawali. Its’s a festival of brother and sister. Sisters do tilak on the forehead of their brother and pray for their long life. It is written in Skanda Purana that by pleasing Yamraj on this day, the worshipers get desired results.

Significance of Bhaiya Dooj

The festival of Bhai Dooj is celebrated all over India. However, this festival is celebrated in different ways in every region. In North India, sisters offer coconut to their brother by applying akshat and tilak, and in eastern India, after the conch shell, sisters give some gifts as a gift to the brother by applying tilak.

Bhai Dooj 2022(यम द्वितीया)

Wednesday, 26 October

Mythological Story of Bhaiy Dooj

According to the scriptures, Lord Surya Narayan and Sangya had two children – one son Yamraj and the other daughter Yamuna. But there came a time when the Sangya being unable to bear the radiance of the sun, started living as a shadow in the North Pole.

Birth of Tapti River and Shanidev

Due to which the Tapti river and Shanidev were born. After settling in the North Pole, there was a difference in the behavior of the Sangya (shadow) with Yama and Yamuna. Distressed by this, Yama established his own city, Yampuri. At the same time, Yamuna would have been sad to see her brother Yama punishing sinners in Yamapuri, so she started living in Goloka, but both Yama and Yamuna had a lot of affection between brothers and sisters.

Yamuna Invitation for Yamraj

Time passed like this, then suddenly one day Yama remembered his sister Yamuna. Yamraj used to love his sister Yamuna very much, but due to busy work he could not go to meet his sister. Then on the day of Kartik Shukla Paksha Dwitiya, Yamuna invited brother Yamraj for food, and promised him to come to his house. In such a situation, Yamraj thought that I am going to lose my life.

Nobody wants to invite me to their home. It is my duty to follow the goodwill with which my sister is calling me. While coming to his sister’s house, Yamraj freed the living beings who lived in hell. Yamuna’s happiness knew no bounds when she saw Yamraj coming to her home.

Yamraj Boon to Yamuna

After bathing, Yamuna offered food to Yamraj after worshiping, serving delicious dishes. Yamraj, pleased with this hospitality by Yamuna, ordered the sister to ask for a boon. Then Yamuna said, ‘O Bhadra! You come to my house every year on this day and like me, the sister who treats her brother with respect on this day should not be afraid of you.

Yamraj, saying ‘Tatastu’, left Yamuna with invaluable clothes and went towards Yamlok. Since then the tradition of celebrating this festival is going on from this day. For this reason, it is believed that Yamraj and Yamuna should also be worshiped on the day of Bhai Dooj.

Bhaiya Dooj Celebrations and Significance

It is believed that on the day of Bhai Dooj, married sisters should invite their brothers to their homes and take bath and worship the brother with respect and affection, and pray for his brother’s long life. On this day the brother should take a bath at the sister’s place. If possible take bath in Yamuna.

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