Dattatreya was the son of the sage Atri and his wife Anasuya. Anasuya, an archetypal chaste and virtuous wife, did severe tapas (austerities) to beget a son equal in merits as Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, the Hindu male trinity ( ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

On Datta Jayanti, people take bath early in the morning in holy rivers or streams, and observe fasting. A puja of Dattatreya is performed with flowers, incense, lamps, and camphor. … ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ