Sabitri Brata by last Debadashi Sashimani Debi

In Odisha married women observe sacred Sabitri Brata on Odiya month Jyestha for good health and long life of their husbands. Similarly Smt. Sashimani Debi who treats Lord Sri Jagannath as her eternal husband, observed the day for the sake of Sri Lord Jagannath.

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Photo News: Sarat Mama, Puri

The lone surviving “devadasi” of the Jagannath Temple in Puri, was among the lakhs of married women in Orissa who observed fast on “Sabitri Brata”…

“Lord Jagannath is my husband. Therefore, I observe Savitri Brata like other married women in the state wishing His long life,” said a frail Sashimani….