Bhai Dooj 2025: Today is Bhai Dooj. This is the last festival of Panchmahaparva of Diwali. Bhai Dooj is also called Yama Dwitiya. The festival of Bhai Dooj is associated with the god of death Yamraj and his sister Yamuna. Bhai Dooj is a symbol of the undying love between brother and sister. Sisters keep fast on this day. She calls her brothers home and applies tilak on them. Provides food. Brothers give gifts to their sisters.
However, there is a state in the country where sisters curse their brothers for death on this day. The name of the state where sisters do this is Jharkhand. A strange tradition is followed in Jharkhand. Under this tradition, on the day of Bhai Dooj, sisters curse their brothers for death. Let us know what this tradition is. Also know its mythological story.
Unique tradition of worshiping Bhai Dooj
In Jharkhand, on the day of Bhai Dooj, sisters first curse their brothers that they should die. After this the sisters prick their tongue with an acacia thorn. In Jharkhand it is considered a part of the worship of Bhai Dooj. In this, a picture of Yamalok is made with cow dung on the ground outside the house. In this, snakes, scorpions, gatekeepers, walls etc. are made along with Yama and Yamani.
mythology
According to the legend, once Yama and Yamani were searching for a person who had never been abused or cursed by his sister to send them to Yamalok. Meanwhile, both of them found a person whose sister had never abused or cursed him. After this Yama and Yamani started preparing to take that brother to Yamalok. His sister came to know about this.
After this, he abused and cursed his brother a lot to save his life. Seeing this, Yama and Yamani saw that their objective was failing, after which Yama started trying to take his brother’s life. They first demolished the wall on his brother. Then the snakes and scorpions left, but every time the sister saved her brother. Since then, the tradition of cursing the brother on this festival has been going on.
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