Hariyali Amavasya (Bishnoi Tree-Planting Day)

Vishnu and Guru Jambheshwar — monsoon greenery and tree-planting amavasya

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Hariyali Amavasya — Shravana Amavasya, the new moon at the height of the monsoon. For Bishnois, the year's most ecologically charged amavasya: collective tree-planting (Khejri, Rohira, Neem, Peepal, Banyan), strict amavasya fast, evening havan, and renewal of niyams #16 and #17 (tree protection). Many Bishnoi villages run vraksh-ropan drives planting hundreds of saplings.

Dates 2026–2027

August 12, 2026August 2, 2027

Mantra

विष्णो विष्णो तू भजे रे प्राणी

Vishno Vishno tu bhaje re prani

O living being, chant Vishnu, chant Vishnu — Jambhoji's mool mantra, recited on Hariyali Amavasya (Bishnoi Tree-Planting Day).

How to recite

Hariyali Amavasya (Shravana Amavasya, the new moon at the height of the monsoon) is the year's most ecologically charged amavasya for Bishnois. Wake before dawn, bathe, perform sandhya, and gather the family or village for collective tree-planting. Plant Khejri, Rohira, Neem, Peepal, or Banyan saplings on family land, village commons, or cremation grounds — water each with tulsi-water and chant 'Vishno Vishno tu bhaje re prani' over each sapling. Observe the standard amavasya fast (no grains until sunset), perform havan with dry deadfall in the evening, and break the fast with bajra khichdi. Many Bishnoi villages organize collective Hariyali Amavasya tree-drives — hundreds of saplings planted in one day.

Benefits

Hariyali means 'greenery' — Hariyali Amavasya is the day the desert greens up after the monsoon rains, and the day Bishnois renew their living covenant with the trees. The Khejarli sacrifice of 1730 (Amrita Devi and 363 martyrs protecting Khejri trees) gave Bishnois a unique authority on tree-protection in India; Hariyali Amavasya is the day that authority is lived out in action. The 29 niyams' tree-protection rules (#16, #17) find their most active expression on this day.

✦ Special Note

Per Drik Panchang. Hariyali Amavasya 2026: August 12 (Shravana Amavasya). Hariyali Amavasya 2027: August 2. The Bishnoi tree-protection focus on this day is rooted in the 1730 Khejarli sacrifice. Dates per Drik Panchang (drikpanchang.com, Rajasthan/Marwar Purnimanta reckoning); community observance details per the Akhil Bharatiya Bishnoi Mahasabha and Mukam (Muktidham Mukam) Mandir Sansthan calendars.

Foods Allowed

Bajra and jowar khichdi with gheeKer-sangri sabzi and gatte ki kadhiPure cow's milk, chaas, fresh dahiSeasonal monsoon fruits — jamun, plum, papayaTil-jaggery laddu, gond ke ladduBoiled corn (bhutta) with ghee and rock salt

Foods to Avoid

Meat, fish, eggs, alcohol, tobacco — lifelong niyamOnion and garlic on amavasyaCutting any sapling or tree on this day — Bishnois plant trees, never fell themCooking with green wood — only dry deadfall (niyam #16)

Meal Idea

Bajra khichdi with ghee and ker-sangri sabzi at sunset after the morning tree-planting; gond ke laddu shared with neighbors who joined the vraksh-ropan drive.

🪔 Aarti

Om Jai Jagdish Hare

ॐ जय जगदीश हरे, स्वामी जय जगदीश हरे । भक्त जनों के संकट, दास जनों के संकट, क्षण में दूर करे ॥ जो ध्यावे फल पावे, दुःख बिनसे मन का । सुख सम्पत्ति घर आवे, कष्ट मिटे तन का ॥ मात-पिता तुम मेरे, शरण गहूं मैं किसकी । तुम बिन और न दूजा, आस करूं मैं जिसकी ॥ तुम पूरन परमात्मा, तुम अंतर्यामी । पारब्रह्म परमेश्वर, तुम सबके स्वामी ॥ तुम करुणा के सागर, तुम पालनकर्ता । मैं सेवक तुम स्वामी, कृपा करो भर्ता ॥ तुम हो एक अगोचर, सबके प्राणपति । किस विधि मिलूं दयामय, तुमको मैं कुमति ॥ दीनबंधु दुःखहर्ता, ठाकुर तुम मेरे । अपने हाथ उठाओ, अपनी शरण में लाओ ॥ विषय विकार मिटाओ, पाप हरो देवा । श्रद्धा भक्ति बढ़ाओ, संतन की सेवा ॥

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