Bat Savitri

बट सावित्री

Kumaon & Garhwal

What Bat Savitri marks

A vrat kept by married women for the long life of their husbands, recalling Savitri who won back her husband Satyavan from death. The banyan tree, bat, is central because Savitri's story unfolds beneath one.

How it's celebrated

Women fast, gather around a banyan tree, wind sacred thread around its trunk and offer water and prayers while retelling the Savitri legend. It is one of the most widely kept women's vrats in the hills.