Bhai Dooj

Bhai Dooj(भाई दूज)/Bhau-Beej/Bhai Tika/Bhai Phonta(ভাইফোঁটা) is a festival celebrated by Hindus of India and Nepal on the latest day of the five-day-long Diwali or Tihar festivity. This is the second day of the splendid fortnight or Shukla Paksha of the Hindu lunar month of Kartika in Bikram Sambat.

The celebrations of this day resemble the festival of Raksha Bandhan. On this day, sisters engage God for a long and sprightly life for their kin, by playing out the Tika capacity.

The festival is known as:

• Bhai Dooj (Hindi:भाई दूज) in entire Northern bit of India, saw on the latest day of the five-day Diwali festivity. This is furthermore the second day of the Vikrami Samvat New Year, the date-book followed in Northern India (numbering Kashmir), which starts from the lunar month of Kārtika. The essential day of this New Year is seen as Govardhan Pūja.

• Bhai Tika (Nepali:भाई टीका) in Nepal, where it is the second most basic festival after Dashain (Vijaya Dashmi/Dussehra). Seen on the third day from Tyohar festivity, it is for the most part celebrated by Newari, Maithali, Tharu, Bahunand Chhetri people. Generally called Bhaiya Dooj in Nepal, also.

• Bhai Phonta (Bengali:ভাই ফোঁটা) in Bengal and it happens every year on the first or the second day of the Kali Puja festivity.

• Bhai Bij, Bhau Beej, or Bhav Bij (Marathi : भाऊबीज) amongst the Gujarati, Marathi and Konkani-talking bunches in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka.

• Another name for the day is Yamadwitheya or Yamadvitiya, after a whimsical meeting between Yama the celestial power of Death and his sister Yamuna (the praised stream) on Dwitheya (the second day after new moon). Other names join Bhatru Dviteeya, or Bhatri Ditya.

As showed by a pervasive legend in Hindu mythology, in the wake of murdering the malicious insidiousness nearness Narkasur, Lord Krishna passed by his sister Subhadra who gave him a warm welcome with sweets and blooms. She in like manner affectionately associated tilak on Krishna's sanctuary. Some trust this to be the beginning stage of the festival.