Jitiya Vrat: Jitiya Vrat 2025 will be kept on 14 September this year. It is also called Jeevaputrika Vrat and women do it for the long life of their children. According to tradition, it is considered necessary to wear gold-silver jiutia locket in red-yellow thread.
Jitiya dhaga and locket: According to the astrology of Sanatan Dharma, Jeevaputrika fast falls on the Ashtami date of Krishna Paksha of Ashwin month. This fast is also called Jitiya and Jiutia Vrat. Women from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Jharkhand observe this fast for the longevity of their children. Women observing fast wear red and yellow special thread, in which locket made of gold and silver is threaded. The number of children is worn on the lump or lump made in thread. This year, Jitia fast will take place on 14 September 2025.
Why do mothers wear Jiutia locket?
- Women observing fast wear red and yellow thread around the neck.
- According to the number of children in this thread, gold or silver jiutia locket or lump is tied.
- The tradition is that the number of children is threaded more in a lump or locket thread.
- It is believed that the fast remains incomplete without this thread and locket.
What does Jiutia locket look like?
- The shape of Jeemutavahana is made on Jiutia locket.
- It is worn by tying it in red or yellow thread.
- It is believed that wearing it gives the blessings of the child’s long life and a happy life.
- Every year jewelery shops increase the demand for Jiutia locket with various designs of gold and silver.
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Tradition of Jitia thread and locket
- All the lockets of mothers who have two or three children are threaded in the same thread, not separate.
- After worship, this thread is first worn to the children and then mothers themselves wear it.
Worship method of Jitiya Dhaaga
- On the day of Jiutia Lockett fast, Chio Mata is first offered.
- The next day it is first worn to the child and then the mother wears it around her neck.
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