Bhai Dooj is a festival dedicated to celebrating the beautiful relationship of a brother and a sister. It is one of the most cheerful festivals celebrated in the Hindu culture. Bhai Dooj is also celebrated as Bhau Beej in Maharashtra and Bhai Phone in West Bengal.

When is Bhaiya Dooj actually celebrated?

As per the Gregorian calendar, Bhai Dooj 2020 is on the 16th of November month. Bhai Dooj is part of the five days celebration of Diwali. It is celebrated after two days of Diwali on the second day of the bright fortnight of Shukla Paksha in the Hindu month of Kartik.

Bhai Dooj Significance

As per a legendary story related to Bhai Dooj, God of death Yama visited the house of her sister named Yami on this day. Yami welcomed Yama with Aarti and applied tilak on his forehead. She offered sweets and other dishes to Yama. Yama blessed her with different gifts in return and announced that a brother who will accept aarti and tilak from her sister will gain protection from all the troubles and will be blessed with a long life. Therefore Bhai Dooj is also known as Yama Dwitiya.

On this joyous festival of Bhai Dooj, brothers and sisters express their love, affection, and respect towards each other. Sisters pray for the happiness and prosperity of their brothers and they will be blessed with lovely gifts in return from their brother. On this occasion, families, siblings come together and celebrate this glorious occasion.

What to do on Bhai Dooj

On Bhai Dooj, families come together, prepare special food, and sweets for this lovely occasion. Sisters perform aarti to brothers and apply tilak with rice. After aarti, sisters feed sweet to brothers. In return, sisters are blessed with lovely beautiful gifts from their brothers.

On this day sisters pray for the well-being of their brothers while brothers promise their sister to protect them in every difficult situation of life. Sisters whose brothers are staying away from home can pray to the moon and worship the moon by performing aarti to the moon for the prosperous life of their brothers.

Benefits of Bhai Dooj

This cheerful festival of Bhai Dooj bestows the following benefits:

• Brothers will be blessed with health and wealth.
• Sisters will get protection from their brothers in every difficult situation of life.
• Brother’s life will be blessed with a lot of happiness and immense prosperity.
• Bhai Dooj makes the relationship of brothers and sisters stronger and they both will be blessed with divine blessings to lead a joyous life.