Last day and the most important day of Tihar, the festival of lights, is being marked today by offering Tika from sisters to their brothers. Sisters throughout the country offer 'Tika' to their brothers wishing them happiness, long life and prosperity on the occasion of Bhaitika.
The auspicious hour today for offering the Tika began at 11:55 am and can be held until sunset today, according to Chairman of National Calendar Determination Committee Prof Dr Ramchandra Gautam.
On this day of the Tihar festival, brothers who have sisters are seated at a specially anointed place around which a trail of mustard oil is drawn. The sisters then offer the brothers Tika and garlands of 'Dubo' and 'Makhamali'.
The occasion commemorates a legendary event in which a sister won a boon from "Yama", the deity of death that her brother would not die until the mustard oil dried up and the garland of 'Dubo' and 'Makhamali' faded.
After placing colourful Tika on the foreheads of their brothers, sisters offer them a treat consisting varieties of sweets, walnut, spices and 'Sel', a special kind of bread cooked in oil.
Brothers also offer their sisters Tika in return, wish them happiness and good luck, and give them presents.
The auspicious hour today for offering the Tika began at 11:55 am and can be held until sunset today, according to Chairman of National Calendar Determination Committee Prof Dr Ramchandra Gautam.
On this day of the Tihar festival, brothers who have sisters are seated at a specially anointed place around which a trail of mustard oil is drawn. The sisters then offer the brothers Tika and garlands of 'Dubo' and 'Makhamali'.
The occasion commemorates a legendary event in which a sister won a boon from "Yama", the deity of death that her brother would not die until the mustard oil dried up and the garland of 'Dubo' and 'Makhamali' faded.
After placing colourful Tika on the foreheads of their brothers, sisters offer them a treat consisting varieties of sweets, walnut, spices and 'Sel', a special kind of bread cooked in oil.
Brothers also offer their sisters Tika in return, wish them happiness and good luck, and give them presents.
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