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{{Short description|Bengali Hindu festival}}
{{Infobox holiday
| holiday_name = Jamai Sasthi
| nickname = Arannya Sasthi
| observedby = [[Bengali Hindus]]
| date = {{CE|01 June 2025}}<br/>(17 Joishtho 1432 [[Bengali calendars|BS]])
| observances = [[Bangladesh]] and [[India]]
| type = Festival
| longtype = Cultural
| significance = Family reunion
| frequency = Yearly
| duration = One day
}}
'''Jamai Sasthi''' ({{langx|bn|জামাই ষষ্ঠী}}) is a traditional cultural ritual of [[Bengali Hindus]]. This ritual is performed on the sixth [[tithi]] of the Shukla [[paksha]] of the [[Joishtho]] month.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ram|first=Priyanka|date=2021-06-15|language=bn|title=বুধবার জামাই ষষ্ঠী - জানুন নির্ঘণ্ট, পুজোর নিয়ম ও কাহিনি|url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/astrology/-31623738843024.html|access-date=2022-12-24|website=Hindustantimes Bangla|archive-date=2022-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224122237/https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/astrology/-31623738843024.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> On this day married women and their husbands are invited and entertained by women's parents.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jamai Sasthi Special:: Fixture of JamaiShasthi dgtl|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/horoscope/jamai-sasthi-special-fixture-of-jamaishasthi-dgtl/cid/1348446|access-date=2022-12-24|website=www.anandabazar.com|archive-date=2022-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224122239/https://www.anandabazar.com/horoscope/jamai-sasthi-special-fixture-of-jamaishasthi-dgtl/cid/1348446|url-status=live}}</ref> In this way, in an attempt to keep the son-in-law happy, the mundane tradition of Shashthi [[Puja (Hinduism)|Puja]] has become the festival of Hindu Bengali's Joishtho month.<ref>{{cite web|language=bn|title=Jamai Sasthi 2022: বাংলায় জামাইষষ্ঠী কীভাবে শুরু হল? এত আয়োজনের কারণ কী?|url=https://bangla.aajtak.in/dharm-religion/story/jamai-shashthi-2022-know-date-timing-subho-muhurto-tithi-puja-rituals-history-and-significance-behind-bengali-festival-jamai-sasthi-sbm-380745-2022-06-04|access-date=2022-12-24|website=Aaj Tak বাংলা|archive-date=2022-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224122241/https://bangla.aajtak.in/dharm-religion/story/jamai-shashthi-2022-know-date-timing-subho-muhurto-tithi-puja-rituals-history-and-significance-behind-bengali-festival-jamai-sasthi-sbm-380745-2022-06-04|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Origin ==
Long ago, in around medieval time in the [[Indian subcontinent]], as girls were often married far away, and transport was expensive & extremely exhausting for long travels, for the girl's parents and entire family to meet their girl would face lot difficulties, on other hand if the girl and her husband would come and stay for few days, all could conveniently meet them in joint families and villages. For this, reason the society rules that on Shukla Shashti of the month of [[Joishtho]], the girl and her husband will be invited to the house of the girl's parents and have Shashthi Puja so that they can have healthy children soon.<ref>{{cite web|date=2022-06-03|language=bn|title=জামাইদের জন্য জামাই ষষ্ঠী নয়! কাদের মঙ্গল কামনায় পালিত হয় এই দিন? জানেন?|url=https://bengali.news18.com/news/off-beat/jamai-sasthi-2022-know-the-actual-reasons-behind-jamai-sasthi-rituals-sdg-818878.html|access-date=2022-12-24|website=News18 Bengali|archive-date=2022-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224122237/https://bengali.news18.com/news/off-beat/jamai-sasthi-2022-know-the-actual-reasons-behind-jamai-sasthi-rituals-sdg-818878.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-04-10 |title=Jamai Sasthi 2025: ২০২৫ সালে কবে জামাইষষ্ঠী? জানুন জামাই ষষ্ঠীর পূর্ণ রীতি, ইতিহাস ও পাতে থাকুক কোন কোন খাবার! » Tollywood Online |url=https://www.tollywoodonline.in/jamai-sasthi-2025-date-rituals-food-and-celebration/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |language=en-US}}</ref>

According to a legend, a greedy wife of a family used to steal food and blame it on the cat, the vehicle of Goddess [[Shashthi]]. When Shashthi came to know about this false allegation, she got angry and took the life of the wife's child, which left the wife grief-stricken. Later, when the goddess approached the wife in the form of an old woman and reminded her of her fault, the wife realized her mistake and apologized, and the goddess brought her child back to life.<ref>{{cite web|language=bn|title=Jamai Shashthi 2022: ৫ জুন জামাই ষষ্ঠী, জানেন কেন পালিত হয়?|url=https://eisamay.com/astrology/dharma-karma/rituals-and-festivals/hindu/know-the-date-and-time-of-jamai-shashthi-2022/articleshow/91910730.cms|access-date=2022-12-24|website=EI Samay|archive-date=2022-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224122236/https://eisamay.com/astrology/dharma-karma/rituals-and-festivals/hindu/know-the-date-and-time-of-jamai-shashthi-2022/articleshow/91910730.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The people of the society get angry when they come to know about the misdeeds of the wife and restrict her from going to her parents' house. Then on Shashthi Puja day the wife's parents invite her and her husband to come their home and henceforth the day came to be known as Jamai Shashti.<ref>{{cite web|date=2022-06-03|language=en|title=Jamai Sasthi 2022: History, significance and all that you need to know|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/festivals/jamai-sasthi-2022-history-significance-and-all-that-you-need-to-know-101654252466227.html|access-date=2022-12-24|website=Hindustan Times|archive-date=2022-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224122236/https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/festivals/jamai-sasthi-2022-history-significance-and-all-that-you-need-to-know-101654252466227.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SAARC">{{cite journal |last1=Munshi |first1=Swayamdipta |title=SAARC Culture Journal Vol 9 2023 240719 180752 (1) |journal=SAARC Cultural Journal |date=1 January 2024 |volume=9 |page=32 |url=https://www.academia.edu/122479590/SAARC_Culture_Journal_Vol_9_2023_240719_180752_1_ |archive-date=20 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220113832/https://www.academia.edu/122479590/SAARC_Culture_Journal_Vol_9_2023_240719_180752_1_ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0" />

== Significance ==
On this day, mother-in-law performs Shasthi Puja to please Goddess Shasthi and seek her blessings for good luck and prosperity for her daughters and sons-in-law. The son-in-law is invited home and treated to a sumptuous feast of both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food prepared by the mother-in-law. Gifts are also given to daughter-in-law on this day. Jamai Shashti is celebrated as a family reunion day and the whole family comes together to celebrate by having a meal together.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jamai Shashthi: 'জামাইষষ্ঠী' কি আসলে জামাইদের জন্য অনুষ্ঠান?|url=http://calcuttanews.tv/specialstory/know-about-the-main-rituals-Jamai-Shashthi|date=2022-06-04|access-date=2022-12-24|website=calcuttanews.tv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604135121/https://calcuttanews.tv/specialstory/know-about-the-main-rituals-Jamai-Shashthi|archive-date=2022-06-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Husbands]]
[[Category:Bengali Hindu festivals]]
[[Category:Summer festivals]]
[[Category:June observances]]

Jamai Sasthi - Revision history

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