When is Bhai Dooj 2022: Bhaiya Dooj or Bhai Tika is a Hindu Brother-Sister ritual and is one of the most joyously celebrated Indian festival. This Hindu festival is revered in every part of India and is also popularly known as bhau-beej in Maharashtra and Bhai Phonta in West Bengal.
The celebrations are a part of the 5 day long Diwali festival and comes two days after Diwali. It comes on the second day of bright fortnight or Shukla Paksha in the Hindu month of Kartika.
Bhai Dooj is celebrated as a mark of love between sisters and brothers. It marks the end of the five-day festivities of Diwali. It is celebrated to mark the bond and love between a sister-brother relationship. Bhai Dooj is very much similar to the Indian festival of Raksha Bandhan as it is commemorated to celebrate the unbreakable bond between a brother and sister.
On the day of Bhai Dooj, a brother visits his sisters to ensure that they are well and exchanges gifts and sweets. Sisters also put tilak on their brother’s foreheads and pray for their long and healthy lives.
On Bhai Dooj, sisters pray for their brothers to have long and happy lives by performing the Tilak ceremony. Brothers also offer gifts to their sisters.
When is Bhai Dooj 2022: Date
In 2022, Bhai Dooj will be celebrated on October 26.
On this day, sisters pray for their brothers to have long and happy lives.
When is Bhai Dooj 2022: Time
Bhai Dooj Aparahna Time 01:13 pm to 03:32 pm.
Dwitiya Tithi begins at 02:42 pm on October 26, 2022.
Dwitiya Tithi ends at 12:45 pm on October 27, 2022.
Bhau Beej 2022: History
According to Hindu scriptures, Goddess Yamina was very close to her brother Lord Yamraj.
When her brother visited her on the second day after Diwali, she was elated and cooked a delicious meal for him.
Lord Yamraj was touched by her gesture and Goddess Yamuna asked him to visit her every year, like after Diwali.
Goddess Yamuna put a Tilak on his forehead and wished him health and happiness. She said that any man whose sister puts tilak on her brother’s forehead would not need to be fearful of Lord Yamraj.
Since then, Bhai Dooj has been an integral festival.
Bhaai Dooj 2022: Significance
Bhai Dooj is a very important festival and it shows the bond and love between brothers and sisters.
In some places in India, sisters also perform a fast till they put the Tilak on the forehead of their brothers, for prosperity and health in the lives of their brothers.
As is common with most Hindu festivals, there are many legends associated with the celebration of this auspicious festival, the most popular one being about Yamraj, the god of death. As per this legend, Yamraj’s sister Yamuna tried to get her brother to visit her on many occasions but Yamraj was unable to do so for a long time. When he finally met her, he was greeted with a grand ceremony, offered sweets and had the ceremonial tika placed on his forehead.
Being immensely pleased with the love and respect he was showered with, Yamraj gave Yamuna a boon and she in turn asked him to dedicate a day on which he would visit her house each year. Hence, the ritual of siblings visiting each other on this day began to honor the kinship between them.
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