Hindu Bhakthi Margam's video: Jammi Chettu Pooja Jammi Chettu Vishitatha Dassara Slokam

This tree is highly revered among Hindus and worshiped as part of Dusshera festival. This tree takes importance during the tenth day of Dasara Festival when it is worshiped in various parts of India. The tree is known by different names across the western and northern regions of India, e.g. Shami in Maharastra & Uttar Pradesh, Jammi in Telangana, Khijro in Gujarat, Khejri in Rajasthan, Janti in Haryana, and Jand in Punjab. In the Mahabharata, the Pandavas are known to have spent their thirteenth year of exile in disguise in the kingdom of Virata. Before going to Virata, they are known to have hung their celestial weapons in this tree for safe keeping for a year. When they returned after a year, they found their weapons safe in the branches of the Shami tree. Before taking the weapons, they worshipped the tree and thanked it for keeping their weapons safe.