The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.119

v2.c17.119

13. *Yamadvitīyā Yātrā.* This takes place on the 2nd of the waxing moon in Kārtika, (October-November). The legend has it that on this day Yamī, the sister and wife of Yama, the lord of the lower regions, offered welcome to her brother, and thereby secured for him immunity from death ; and in all parts of India, sisters on this day invite their brothers and feast them, and make presents of new clothes to them. At Bhuvaneśvara the day is devoted to a procession in which the proxy of Bhubaneśvara is carried in a palankeen to the temple of Yameśvara, and after feasting and music, is brought back with much pomp and ceremony. As a festive occasion, the day could not be overlooked, and, yet as it would be absurd to observe it as a means of longevity for the divinity who is immortal, the priests have converted it to a day of picnic for the godhead.