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The festival is all about women praying to Lord Shiva and his consort Parvathi for the well being of their husbands and brothers, generally all the male members of the family.

This festival is also known as Jyothirbheemeshwara Vrata and Pathi Sanjeevini Vratha and it is mentioned in Skaanda Purana (Skanda Purana, one of the major eighteen Puranas, a Hindu religious text, is the largest Purana and is devoted mainly to the life and deed of Kartikeya (also called Skanda or Muruga), a son of Shiva and Parvati). The festival falls in the Hindu month of Ashada, July ? August in the Gregorian calendar and celebrated in Karnataka.

This year (2009) it is on 22nd July.