Vata Savitri Vrat is a traditional festival celebrated by Hindu married women in different states of the country like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, and Haryana. Vata Savitri Vrat is also called as Vata Purnima. The celebration of Vata Savitri Vrata is based on the mythological story of Satyavan and Savitri. This mythological story shows Savitri's love, faith, devotion and sacrifice for Satyavana.

When is Vata Savitri Vrat actually celebrated?

As per the Gregorian calendar, Vata Savitri 2020 falls on 22 of the May month. According to Hindu chronology, this Vata Savitri Vrat is celebrated on the day when there is a full moon in the month of Jestha.

Vata Savitri Vrat Significance

There was a king named Avaspati who had no children. He worshipped the Sun God and Goddess Savitri to get a blessing to have children for himself. The God Sun and Goddess Savitri were pleased and blessed the king to have a child. A few days later the king was blessed with a daughter whom he named Savitri because she was born with the blessings of God Surya and Goddess Savitri.

Savitri had become very beautiful and bright after growing up. Every prince wanted to marry her but her father told her to find her own groom. She went out of the house in search of her own groom and met Satyavan who was going to die within a year. Despite knowing this, Savitri married Satyavana and when he died a year later, she did penance to Yamaraja to demand Satyavana's life back. Yamaraj was pleased to see her faith, love, and devotion towards Satyavana and she brought back the life of Satyavana.

What to do on Vata Savitri Vrat

On this day, married woman worships the banyan tree by offering water. After the offering of water, they apply kumkum and tie sacred cotton threads around the trunk of the banyan tree. They do parikrama seven times while tying the thread to the banyan tree. In this way, they express the love for a husband and they also listen to the holy story of Savitri and Satyavan. Wives pray for their husbands’ prosperity and longevity. On the occasion of Vata Savitri Vrata, married women wear traditional dress and jewelry and they also observe fast for their husbands. This fast should be observed throughout the day and at night. Women break the fast the next morning by giving a Dakshina to the Brahmins.

Vata Savitri Vrat Benefits

Performing Vata Savitri Vrat will benefit the performer in the following ways

• This vrat blesses married couples with good luck and overall well-being
• Fasting on this day with complete devotion and faith will bring in prosperity into the lives of the performer and the husband will be blessed with a long life
• Following the rituals properly and performing the puja will fetch you a peaceful and happy life
• This Vata Savitri Vrat protects the husband from every danger.
• All the problems and hurdles in the husband’s life will vanish by carrying out this vrat.