2/13/2023 0 Comments Yellow robe krishna tamil![]() ![]() Three days before the predicted death of Satyavan, Savitri began to observe a fast and vigil. ![]() An adamant Savitri married Satyavan and went off to the forest and lived as an obedient and respectful woman to her new parents-in-law and husband. However, Satyavan was destined to die one year from the day of her marriage. She set out on a pilgrimage and found Satyavan, the son of an exiled, penniless, blind king named Dyumatsena who was a forest-dweller. So her father told her to find a husband on her own. When she reached marriageable age, no man asked for her hand. Savitri was so beautiful and pure that she intimidated men. The king named her Savitri and as she had been born out of devotion, piety and asceticism became her qualities later in life. ![]() His prayers were answered and God Savitr granted him a boon of a daughter. ![]() The childless king of Madra, Ashwapati, lived as an ascetic for many years and prayed to the Sun God Savitr for an heir. Savithri among the five Satis projects the image of a loyal and steadfast wife who could bring back her husband from Yama the God of Death because of her intrepidity and thinking-on-her-feet capacities. The Savithri Vratham is observed on the day that the Tamil month of Maasi changes to Panguni, usually around March 15. ![]()
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