Holi Bhai Dooj 2024: Date, Auspicious Time, Rituals And Significance

Holi Bhai Dooj 2024 Date: Holi Bhai Dooj is also known as Bhratri Dwitiya and it is observed two days after the festival of Holi. It is important to note that the festival is celebrated on the fifth and last day of the Hindu month of Phalguna, by people in India. Holi Bhai Dooj 2024 is set to be observed on Wednesday, 27 March. Like Raksha Bandhan, this festival marks the bond and affection between brothers and sisters. Many people celebrate this festival grandly.

Know the auspicious time, date, history, and importance of the festival

The Holi Bhai Dooj is celebrated this year on Wednesday, March 27. Dwitiya Tithi started on March 26, 2024, at 2.55 pm, which will continue till today March 27, 2024, at 5.06 pm.

Significance of Holi Bhai Dooj

In Hindu tradition, it is believed that on this day, Lord Yama, the god of death, visited his sister Yamuna, who warmly welcomed him. She adorned his forehead with a tilak and offered him sweets. Delighted by his sister's affectionate hospitality, Lord Yama proclaimed that anyone who received a tilak from Yamuna on this day would be bestowed with longevity and prosperity.

Holi Bhai Dooj celebrates the special bond between siblings and the deep love they hold for each other. It serves as a poignant reminder to treasure and nurture the bonds of love and affection that unite siblings.

How to celebrate Holi Bhai Dooj 2024?

Sisters do the special puja for their brothers on Holi Bhai Dooj. Sisters put a tilak on their foreheads, give them sweets, and also perform an aarti. In exchange, brothers give their sisters gifts and promise to protect them from harm. Brothers are thought to have a special responsibility to protect their sisters, and sisters are thought to have a special power to bless their brothers with a long, happy and healthy life.

Holi Bhai Dooj 2024: Puja Rituals

• Waking up in the morning and taking a bath.
• Clean house and the puja room.
• Prepare special dishes, including sweets like kheer and halwa.
• Sisters assemble a thali containing roli, unbroken rice, sweets, and an earthen lamp.
• Sisters apply tilak with roli on their brothers' foreheads, along with placing unbroken rice. They also light the earthen lamp and perform aarti.
• Offer sweets to the brothers.
• Exchange gifts between brothers and sisters.
• Women without brothers can worship the Moon God by offering Arghya, sweets, and performing aarti.

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