Marathi
वट पूर्णिमा · વટ પૂર્ણિમા
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18 June 2027
Friday · Shukla Purnima
Married women tie threads around a Banyan tree and pray for their husband's long life, like Savitri did for Satyavan.
Savitri followed Yama when he took her husband Satyavan's soul, and argued with him so persistently and so well that he returned it. Married women tie a thread around a banyan (vat) tree, long-lived, and so a symbol of endurance, circling it seven times, and fast for their husbands' long life.
A fast, often nirjala; broken after the tree worship.
