Karva Chauth

Karva Chauth

1.        Karva Chauth is a day long festival celebrated by Hindu women in many countries.
2.  In this festival, married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the safety and longevity of their husbands.
3.    The festival is traditionally celebrated in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, parts of Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab. 
4.  The festival falls on the fourth day after the full moon, in the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Kartik.
5.    Sometimes, unmarried women also join the fast for their fiancés or desired husbands.
6.    The fast begins with dawn. Women apply mehndi and other cosmetics to themselves and each other. The day passes in meeting friends and relatives and gift exchanges. Parents often send gifts to their married daughters and their children.
7.    In the evening, a community women-only ceremony is held. Participants dress in fine clothing and wear jewellery and mehndi. The dresses (saris or shalwars) are frequently red, gold or orange, which are considered auspicious colors.In Uttar Pradesh, women wear saris or lehangas. The women sit in a circle with their puja thalis and they listen to the story of Karva Chauth, which is usually narrated by an older woman. There are pauses in between the stories and in these pauses, the Karva Chauth puja song is sung collectively. The singers perform the feris (passing their thalis around in the circle).
8. A similar festival known as Teej is observed in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar. In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, it is celebrated as Atla Tadde.

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