Vat Savitri Puja 2024 Date and Time: From Puja Vidhi to Significance know all About Vat Savitri Vrat.

If you want longevity for your husband and freedom from the fear of untimely death, then you should definitely do the Vat Savitri Vrat on the day of Jyeshtha Amavasya.

Vat Savitri Puja 2024 Date and Time

Vat Savitri Vrat 2024 is celebrated on the Amavasya of Jyestha Month. However, in some regions of India, this festival is celebrated on the full moon day of Jyeshtha Month. This year Vat Savitri Vrat is falling on Thursday, June 6, 2024. 

In Vat Savitri Puja, women worship Lord Vishnu under the Banyan Tree. By doing this Vrat with proper rituals, a couple gets the blessings of Lord Vishnu, Brahma and Shankar. 

Let us know about the Importance of Vat Savitri Vrat, Puja Vidhi and Pujan Samigri in this Blog. 

Significance of Vat Savitri Puja 2024 ( Vat Savitri Vrat ka Mahatva ) 

Vat Savitri Puja has a great significance for married women. In Sanatan Dharma, the Banyan tree is considered very sacred. It is believed that Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, all three deities reside in the Banyan tree. The lifespan of a Banyan tree is very long and every woman prays for the long life of his husband. That’s why, Banyan tree is worshipped on the day of Vat Savitri Puja.

It is believed that Savitri freed her dead husband Satyavan from Dharmaraj, with the power and influence of this fast, that she kept for his long life. By doing this fast, a woman gets the blessings for a happy married life and attainment of a child. 

Puja Items for Vat Savitri Vrat 2024 (Vat Savitri Vrat Pujan Samagri) 

Under the Banyan tree, install the idols of Savitri, Satyavan and Yama riding on a buffalo, made up of clay. Worship with proper rituals and give water to the roots of the Banyan tree. 

For puja, there should be water, mouli (red thread), roli, raw cotton, soaked gram, flowers, idol of Satyavan-Savitri, bamboo fan, earthen lamp, incense sticks and 5 fruits. 

Vat Savitri Vrat Shubh Muhurat 2024

Vat Savitri Vrat 2024 Puja Vidhi / Puja rituals

• On the day of Vat Savitri Puja, wake up in the morning at Brahma Muhurat and pray to Lord Vishnu and start your fast. 

• After taking a bath in the morning, wear yellow or red coloured clothes and adorn yourself with “Solah Shringar”. 

• Clean the area below the Banyan tree, purify it with Ganga water and install the idol of Satyavan and Savitri under the Banyan tree.

• Start the puja in Abhijit Muhurat or auspicious time (11:31 AM to 12:25 PM).

• Offer water, jaggery, gram, fruits, and akshat to the deity, light up an earthen lamp and incense stick, and apply roli or sandalwood tilak at the time of worship.

• After completing the puja, offer water to the root of the tree. Now wrap Kalava or raw cotton around the tree and complete 7 or 11 parikramas (revolutions) and pray for the long life of your husband.

• Conclude the puja with Aarti. Do listen to Vat Savitri Vrat Katha.

• After this, take out Bayna and Dakshina and give it to your married mother-in-law or sister-in-law, and seek their blessings by touching their feet. Also take blessings from your husband by touching his feet.

• Don’t forget to donate grains and fruits to any poor or Brahmin.

Vat Savitri Vrat 2024 Katha (History behind Vat Savitri Vrat) 

Pauranik Katha ke anusar Madradesh mein Ashwapati naam ke darmatma raja ka raj tha. Unki koi santaan nahi thi. Santaan prapti ke liye raja ne yagya karwaya, jiske shubh fal se kuch samay baad unhein ek kanya ki prapti hui, is kanya ka naam Savitri rakha gaya. Jab Savitri vivah yogya hui to unhone Dyumatsen ke putra Satyavan ko apne patiroop mein varan kiya. 

Satyavan ke pita bhi raja the parantu unka raj-pat chin gaya tha, jiske karan ve bahut hi daridrata mein jeevan vyatit kar rahe the. Satyavan ke mata-pita ki aankhon ki roshani bhi chali gayi thi. Satyavan jangal se lakdi katkar laate aur unhein bechkar jaise-taise apna guzara karte the. 

Jab Savitri aur Satyavan ke vivah ki baat chali tab Narad muni ne Savitri ke pita raja Ashwapati ko bataya ki Satyavan alpaayu hain aur vivah ke ek varsh pashchat hi unki mrityu ho jayegi. Jiske baad Savitri ke pita ne unhe samjhane ka bahut prayas kiya parantu Savitri yaha sab janne ke baad bhi apne nirnay par adig rahi. Antatah Savitri aur Satyavan ka vivah ho gaya. Iske baad Savitri saas-sasur aur pati ki seva mein lag gayi.

Samay bitata gaya aur vaha din bhi aa gaya jo Narad muni ne Satyavan ki mrityu ke liye bataua tha. Usi din Savitri bhi Satyavan ke saah van ko gayi. Van mei Satyavan lakdi katne ke liye jaise hi ped par chadne lgaa ki uske sir mein asahaniya peeda hone ladi, kuch der vaha Savitri ki god mein sir rakhkar let gaya. Kuch hi samay mein unke samaksh anek dooton ke saath swayam Yamaraj khade hue the. 

Yamaraj Satyavan ki aatma ko lekar Dakshin disha ki or chalne lage, pativrata Savitri bhi unke peeche chalne lagi. Aage jaakar Yamaraj ne Savitri se kaha, ‘he pativrata naari! Jahan tak manushya saath de sakta hai, tumne apne pati ka saath de diya ab laut jao’. Is par Savitri ne kaha, ‘Jahan tak mere pati jayenge, vahan tak mujhe jana chahiye. Yahi sanatan satya hai. 

Yamaraj Savitri ki vaani sunkar prasanna hue aur unse teen var maangne ko kaha. 

Savitri ne kaha ‘mere saas-sasur andhe hain, unhein netra-jyoti dein’ Yamaraj ne ‘Tathastu’ kehkar use laut jaane ko kaha aur aage badhne lage. Kintu Savitri Yam ke picche hi chalti rahi. Yamaraj ne prasann hokar punah var mangne ko kaha. Savitri ne var maanga, ‘mere sasur ka khoya hua rajya unhein wapas mil jaaye. 

Iske baad Savitri ne Yamadev se var maanga, ‘mai Satyavan ke sau putron ki maa banna chahti hoon. Kripa kar aap mujhe yaha vardaan dein’ Savitri ki pati-bhakti se prasann hokar Yamaraj ne tathastu kaha, jiske baad Savitri ne kaha ki mere pati ke pran to aap lekar jaa rahe hain, to aapka putra prapti ka vardaan kaise poorn hoga. 

Tab Yamadev ne antim vardaan ko dete hue Satyavan ki jeevatma ko paash se mukt kar diya. Savitri punah usi vat vriksh ke paas lauti to unhone paaya ki vat vriksh ke neeche pade Satyavan ke mrit shareer mein jeevan ka sanchaar ho raha hai. Kuch der mein Satyavan uthkar baith gaya. Udhar Satyavan ke mata-pita ki aankhein bhi theek ho gayi aur unka khoya hua rajya wapas mil gaya. 

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