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Savitri is the devoted wife of Satyavan in the Mahabharata, who won back her husband's life from Yama, the god of death, through courage, wit and steadfast faith. She is honoured as the model of the faithful wife. In Odisha she is worshipped through Savitri Brata, observed on the new moon day of Jyeshtha, when married women fast, worship the banyan tree and pray for the long life of their husbands. The story is told and retold on the day.
mythology
The story appears in the Vana Parva of the Mahabharata, where it is told to Yudhishthira to comfort him. Savitri was the daughter of King Ashvapati of Madra, born after he worshipped the sun goddess Savitri. When she grew up she chose as her husband Satyavan, a prince living in the forest with his...
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