Today, the best time for Bhaitika is 11:37 PM
Today is the main day of Tihar. Sisters wish their brothers long life, health and prosperity with devotion, faith and loyalty, and are celebrating by wearing Pancharangi or Saptarangi tika according to tradition.
On the main day of Tihar, the second biggest festival of Nepali which is celebrated every year on the day of Kattik Shukla Dwitiya, brothers are receiving tika from their sisters today. Today's day is also known as Yamadwitiya. After sisters administer vaccinations to their brothers, brothers also administer vaccinations to their sisters.
There is a classical belief that by worshiping one's sisters one gets good luck and prosperity.
Although it is propagated that seven-colored tika should be worn during Tihar, according to the classical belief, five colors of tika are mentioned as red, white, yellow, green and blue.
It is a religious and social tradition that sisters give their brothers food such as walnuts, katus, mar masala and selroti after applying tika, and brothers also show their respect by giving clothes and dakshina to their sisters as symbols of good fortune.
People's Speech on Vaitika
There is a very popular folk saying about Vaitika: Once a girl was bringing tika to her brother when Yamaraj's messenger came to take her brother. According to Yamdut, his brother has reached the age and now his death is certain. The girl tells Yamadoot to wait till she gets Tika Talo and during Tikotala, she keeps Yamadoot along with her and worships Tika Talo. In this way, Yamdut, who was happy with the respect and respect of the girl, instead of asking the girl for a boon, instead of asking for a boon, she saved my brother by asking for a boon, that is, it is believed that the love of a girl prevents the death of a brother.
There is a legend that when Yamaraj brought tika to his sister on the fifth day of Yamapanchak, the sister asked that as a gift, she would be able to wear tika and worship her brother in the same way every year.
It is customary for sisters and brothers to invite their brothers after Dasai by giving them bread, betel nuts, coconuts or sweets. The brothers who have been invited in this way will join their sister-in-law today. Before putting on tika, the sisters lay a disc on the ground for a special pooja to their brothers, put oil and water in an urn around the place, and run a thin stream through the green hole, and circle around five or seven times. After that, the lava prepared by roasting Akshata, flowers, sandalwood, paddy is sprinkled and the water of the Kalash is poured and worshiped. After worshiping the bimira (a kind of large lemon fruit) as a symbol of Yamraj, it is customary to put a walnut in the door and break the door with a stone hammer and slam the door. It is customary to pray for the health and longevity of one's brothers by wearing a garland of never-fading velvet or betel leaves, evergreen betel leaves and hundred-petal garlands.
After applying mustard oil on the head, drawing the hair of the brother and wearing a seven-color tee, the brother also wears tika to the sister. After applying the art of Saptarangi Tika on each other's foreheads, the sisters offer fruits, offerings, maramsala according to their respective hearts to their brothers, while the brothers also offer Dakshina or other gifts according to their respective hearts at the feet of their sisters.
Today, most of the foreheads are seven-colored, those who do not have sisters consider someone as a sister or go to the Math Temple and Rani Pokhari in Kathmandu to apply tika and also go to collective bhaitika.
Where is Bhai Tika celebrated?
On this day, brothers and sisters who have not met for a long time are meeting today. Love and harmony are being exchanged between each other. Even in Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar and Thailand, there is a tradition of celebrating this festival in its own way. Today's day of brotherhood and intimacy is really very important and fun. Yamapanchak is coming to an official end on the fifth day of this great festival. After slowly saying goodbye to Dasain and enjoying the joy of Tihar, the quick farewell of Tihar is also very sad. After the Eastern holidays are over, schools resume, regular daily work in the office also starts to pick up its pace. As the short days of winter grow, warm clothes and hot food also become a priority.
May the blessings of crows, dogs, cows, bulls and deer be upon us, may the lights of happiness spread throughout the year in the courtyard and may love and compassion deepen.
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