Vat Savitri Vrat will be celebrated on May 19. This is a very important festival for married Hindu women who fast on this day and worship the banyan tree for the long and healthy life of their husbands. The banyan tree plays a very important role in Vrat Savitri Vrat and women tie a thread around it during the puja. Find out what is the significance of the banyan tree and why women tie a thread around it. , Spirituality News, Times Now
According to Hindu Scriptures, Vat Vriksha (Bargad/ Banyan Tree) is considered to be a very auspicious tree and is believed that the Trimurti (Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva) resides in the banyan tree
The village of Zapade, in Maharashtra, is home to a farmer who is unique in a way he has steered clear of growing Alphonso mangoes, which are a favourite of every Konkan farmer. Instead, he has introduced the cultivation of jackfruit. In all likelihood, Harishchandra Desai is the only farmer in the state to have devoted 13 acres of his farmland located in Lanja taluka of Ratnagiri, to solely growing this otherwise ignored fruit.
At 60, Desai looks towards a future when the phanas (the Marathi word for jackfruit) will receive its dues for bringing prosperity to farmers in the wettest region of the state. “Every year, a week before Vat Poornima in June, traders arrive at the Konkan villages to pick jackfruits and pay a paltry of Rs 5 to Rs 10 per fruit,” says Desai, adding, “I want to change that.”