There is a common belief among the locals that
the girls who take the holy dip get handsome grooms
and the boys get beautful brides. When they are done
with the ritual obligations, they head towards the
Kapilmuni Temple situated nearby, to worship the deity as a
mark of respect. A block of stone, which is anointed
and worshipped, represents the great sage, Kapila
Muni referred to in the legend. The original site of
the temple has been washed away by the sea. But an
attractive new temple has replaced the previous temple.
<br><br>Til and rice being the two important ingredients of
this festival, people have a special rice-centric meal
on this day. On this day, people come from all over
India for a ceremonial cleansing in the river Hooghly,
near Kolkata (Calcutta). Women clean the houses and
prepare delicious traditional rice-sweets called
‘Pithey’. Sweets like ‘Kheer’, ‘Puli’, ‘Gokul Pithey’,
‘Paatishapta’, ‘Satipitha’, etc, are prepared from the palm
‘gur’ (jaggery).