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Bhaubeej/Bhau-Beej (in Marathi) or Bhai-Dooj (in Hindi) or Bhai Beej (in Gujarati) is a festival or ceremony performed by Hindus on the second day after Diwali, which is the second day of the new year. Women celebrate their love for their brothers by putting an auspicious tilak or a vermillion mark on their brothers' foreheads. Women also bless their younger brothers. They perform an aarti to their brothers to honour them for taking care of them and protecting them, and pray for their well-being. Sisters are lavished with gifts, goodies and blessings (to younger sisters) from their brothers. Marathi is one of the widely spoken languages of India, and has a long literary history. ...
Hindi (हिनà¥à¤¦à¥€ hindÄ«) is an Indo-European language spoken mainly in North, Central India and Western India. ...
Gujarati can mean two distinct things: The Gujarati language is a language spoken in India and Pakistan, mostly in and around the Gujarat state. ...
DiwÄlÄ« or DÄ«pÄvali (also transliterated Deepavali; Sanskrit: row of lights) is the Hindu Festival of Lights. ...
The name Dooj (or Beej) means the second day after the new moon, the day of the festival, and Bhai means brother. Bhai-Dooj is also called Yama Dwiteeya as it's believed that on this day, Yamaraj or Yama, the Lord of death and the custodian of Naraka (hell), visits his sister Yami, who puts the auspicious mark on his forehead and prays for his well being. So it's held that anyone who receives a tilak from his sister on this day would never be hurled into hell. Since then, women have been revered during Bhai-Dooj. Tibetan Dharmapala at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois Yama (Sanskrit: यम) is the lord of death, whose first recorded appearance is in the Vedas. ...
The festival usually occurs in October or November of the Gregorian calendar. The Gregorian calendar is the calendar that is used nearly everywhere in the world. ...
See also: Raksha Bandhan Raksha bandhan or Rakhi is a Hindu festival to signify and extend the brother-sister relationship. ...
External links Bhai Dooj Festival - Most comprehensive portal on the festival with details on the significance, traditions, celebrations and legends.
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