Vata Savitri

A vrat in which married women worship the banyan (vata) tree and recall Savitri, who won her husband Satyavan back from death, praying for their husbands' long life. Observed on Jyeshtha Amavasya in North India and on Jyeshtha Purnima in Maharashtra and Gujarat.

Also known as Vat Savitri Vrat · Vat Purnima · Savitri Amavasya · Vat Savitri Amavasya