hello friends... how are you all..?? Again 'm here to let you know about the another fabulous festival of india. 'm you all have curiosity to know more about the indian festival and rituals. Today in this post i would like to tell you about the karwa chauth. It is composition of two words, Karwa mean pot and chauth means fourth , so it is celebrated on the fourth day of kartik month. It is the one day festival celebrated by all married women.On this special day married women fasting whole day without water and food for the husbands long lives and good health. This festival celebrated all over the India, this time their way is same, all the ladies break their fast after seeing the moon through sieve.

Karwa Chauth mehndi(henna)

In this blog i will tell you about every rituals we are following on that particular day. Apply henna designs in their hands, which is the mandatory part, no one can skip this Ritual. Many of old ladies just put circle in their hands with mehndi instead of drawing designs. It is believes that applying mehndi on this occasion enhance your beauty, spiritual enlightenment and make you feel happy. it is also believed that the darker the colour of mehndi, deeper the love of husband for her

Karwa chauth Sargi

This Ritual playing an very important role in this festival, it is performed early in the morning around 4 A.M. This is actually different varieties of cuisine decorated on plate which is offered by mother inlaws to daughter in law, after eating given stuff in the early morning, their start their fast till the evening. This food is the kind of blessing to remain fit and energetic during the day time as they can not even have a single drop of water.

Karwa chauth Baya

This is the rituals performed by mother in law gives gifts to daughter in law as the token of love and shower of blessings. The gifts can be anything like gold items, clothes, sweets, money etc.

Karwa chauth shringar(makeup)

It is believed that is the one of the most toughest fast after the marriage as because ladies can not even sip the drop of water till the moon rise. Hence the only way to stress out your hunger, is to think more about looking prettiest in the evening during the puja time. In my house ladies started ready at 5.30 p.m. to do makeup and make hair do, even on particular day their wore new saree and buy new accessories and jewellery to look more beautiful. This is only way their are excited for the festival and forget about their craving for food. These are beautiful ladies of my house. They are ready to do puja.

karwa Chauth pooja(worship)

In india festival is incomplete without the worship, same as the karwa chauth also it is not all about fasting, it is associated with beautiful customs and rituals too. women worship the lord shiv and parvati with the earthen pot(karwa), sweets and all-purpose flours marithi(snack). In elder member of the family narrates the story to all the fasting women. After that ladies used to exchange their karwa through their legs.

Break the fast with sighting of the moon

After performing all the customs and rituals. womens breaks their fast after sighting of the moon. Women see the moon through the sieve and then see their husband through sieve.

After that husband gives their wife a sip of water with sweets. it is believed looking the husband through the sieve will remove all the evil effect from him. All ceremonies is doing for the husbands lives long and prosperous. After that everyone do's their dinnet as usual. Hope you all like the indian culture and rituals and thanks for taking interest in our culture and customs.

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