The festival marks the arrival of spring and harvest, but in the Sindhi community, it also marks the birth of Uderolal in 1007, after they prayed to the Hindu god Varun Dev on the banks of River Indus to save them from the persecution by the tyrannical Muslim ruler Mirkhshah. Varun Dev morphed into a warrior and old man who preached and reprimanded Mirkhshah that Muslims and Hindus deserve the same religious freedoms.
The festival marks spring and harvest, but in the Sindhi tradition, it also celebrates Uderolal's birth in 1007 after praying to Hindu god Varun Dev on the Indus River banks. Varun Dev transformed into a warrior and elder who criticized Mirkhshah for his unjust treatment of both Muslims and Hindus.