Comes once a year after diwali. The sister applies the tikka on the brother’s forehead. The Puja is usually performed in the mother’s house before the brothers leave for work. This is one of the many festivals in India which re iterates the importance of family ties. Dooj comes two days after Diwali. Many years ago, in the Vedic era, Yama (Yamraj, the Lord of death) visited His sister Yamuna (Yami) and she put the auspicious tilak on his forehead, they ate talked and enjoyed together and exchanged special gifts as a token of their love for each other and Yamraj and the name itself denotes the day of the festival i.e.

Diwali falls on the absolutely dark night of Amavas (new moon), Since then it became imperative for the brother to go to his sister's house to celebrate Bhaiya Dooj. On Bhaiya Dooj, the tikka is applied on the brother's forehead. It is a day dedicated to sisters. We have heard about Raksha Bandhan (brothers day). Well this is sister’s daynounced that anyone who receives tilak from his sister on this day will never be thrown. The sister usually goes in the morning and does the Puja in the mother's house, before the brothers leave for their places of study or work.