Any Teej festival has a different significance in Hinduism. Vat Savitri Amavasya is one such festival. On this day, Vat i.e. Banyan is worshipped for unbroken good fortune and the blessings of the husband's longevity are sought from the Vat tree.

Vat Savitri fast is observed on the new moon day of Jyestha month and worship is done with full rituals. With banyan worship, women get the blessings of their husbands to live as long as the banyan tree.

According to mythological beliefs, the woman who worships this day and does parikrama of the banyan tree, all her wishes are fulfilled. There is special importance in worshipping the banyan tree on this day. This year this festival will be celebrated on 19th May. Let's learn from Jyotishacharya Dr Aarti Dahiyaji about the correct method of Banyan Puja on the day of Vat Savitri Vrat and some rules of worship.

Why is the banyan tree worshipped?

On the day of Vat Savitri Amavasya, married women worship under the banyan tree and seek the blessings of their husband's long life. Regarding the Vat Savitri Vrat, it is believed that in ancient times there was a virtuous woman named Savitri and seeing her loyalty and devotion to her husband, Yamraj himself gave her life back to her dead husband.

At that time, Savitri's husband was given life under the banyan tree, since then it is believed that any woman, who worships the banyan tree for the long life of her husband, is also blessed with unbroken good fortune like Savitri.

How to worship Banyan on the day of Vat Savitri

  • On the day of Vat Savitri Amavasya, get up early and get rid of bath etc. and wear clean clothes. It is considered necessary to do sixteen adornments on this day. After this, when you are ready, then prepare the material for worship.
  • For the worship material, mix turmeric in the pitha prepared from rice flour and decorate the plate with raw thread, pue, fruits, sweets etc. and prepare for the worship of banyan.
  • Clean thoroughly under the banyan tree and offer all the ingredients of bhog and apply vermilion to the tree. While circling the raw thread around the banyan, do 7 or 11 parikramas of it.
  • At the time of worship, you should install the idol of Satyavan and Savitri near the banyan tree. Now while worshipping with dhoop, lamp, roli, vermilion, offer makeup ingredients and fruits etc.
  • At the time of banyan worship, you must offer the most important fruit, the melon. Blow Satyavan-Savitri with a bamboo fan and apply banyan leaves to your hair.
  • Sit under the banyan tree and listen to the popular story of this fast and narrate it to everyone. Make shapes in the banyan tree with the back of rice and apply vermilion tika to it.
  • Sip 11 soaked gram along with the banyan fruit with water and wish for the long life of the husband. Worship done in this way can be fruitful for you.

How to circumambulate the banyan tree

The circumambulation of the banyan tree has special importance in Vat Savitri Vrat and it has some special rules as well. You do 7 or 11 parikramas of this tree. After each circumambulation, offer a soaked gram to the tree, then start the second circumambulation.

According to the beliefs of astrology, the three deities Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh reside in the banyan tree. That's why by circumambulating this tree, Tridev is pleased and bestows auspicious blessings on the fasting woman. The parikrama of the banyan tree is done with raw cotton or cotton kalava and it has special significance.

If you worship the banyan on the day of Vat Savitri according to the method mentioned here and wish for the long life of your husband, then your wishes can be fulfilled.

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