In Uttar Pradesh, Bhai Dooj and Yam dwitiya is being celebrated with immense fervour all over state and especially at Mathura Vrindavan. Thousands of devotees are taking a holy dip in the Yamuna River since early morning on the occasion. 

 

Devotees from all over the country reach Mathura on this occasion, and particularly brothers and sisters take a holy dip together in the Yamuna River and after that take the blessings of Yamraj, the God of death. As per Hindu tradition, sisters who feed their brothers on the auspicious day of Yama Dwitiya would be forever Saubhagyavati and eating at sisters’ home bestows long life on brothers. 

 

This day is also being celebrated as Bhai Dooj. A huge rush is being seen at the gates of prisons across the state, where sisters are waiting in queues to meet their brothers on this occasion to apply the tika to their foreheads and pray for their well-being and protection. Grand fairs are also being organised at Jamthara Ghat of the Saryu River in Ayodhya and on the banks of the Yamuna in Prayagraj on the occasion of Yam Dwitiya.