Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s3.t1.17
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s3.t1.17
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v2.c27.s3.t1.17
Savitrivrata Festival.—On the 29th Baisakh there is a fast common to India peculiar to the women, who perform certain rites under the sacred fig-tree (the vata or pipal), to preserve them from widowhood; and hence the name of the fast Savitri-vrata.¹