LATEST FESTIVAL: KARVA CHAUTH
Celebrated In: this day celebrates 9 days previous to Diwali on the ‘kartik Ki chauth’, fourth day of dark moon.
This year, it will be celebrated on 17th October 2008.
Karva chauth is the fast assumed through wedded Hindu women who pray for the prosperity, longevity, well-being and welfare of their spouses. Karva Chauth fast comes 9 days previous to Diwali on the Kartik Ki Chauth for a time in October or November. It is regarded the vital fast observed through the women of Northern India. A lady keeps these types of fast for the happiness of her spouse, who becomes defender following she departs her parents residence. Her husband make available with shelter, food, comfort, happiness, respectability and clothing. In fact this is a very hard fast to survey as it begins before sunrise and finishes after the worshipping moon, which generally rises at approximately 8.45 p.m. No water or food is to be in use after 4 a.m. otherwise after sunrise.
At present, the fast is reserved even in up-to date educated homes which are becoming a mark of emotion that a lady has for only her spouse. A sari is to be required for the primary Karva Chauth of a young woman. The baya is known to mother-in-law following the mansana. Whether mother-in-law is not there, then the oldest woman in the home is nearby with baya. At times, the older one selects to take the fragile things, and puts down clothes and cash for mother-in law. And the preparation for puja ought to be began at approximately 4 or 5 p.m. Someone elder, who is eager, or housewife herself or as the condition demands, arranges an appropriate place for the puja room, lest it is large room which may lodge all the ladies who hav’been called for baya; or else the suitable place is open courtyard, or the verandah, since throughout this season the climate is not frozen.
The puja house is bedecked with wet kharia matti. Chowk like in other puja- is bedecked on floor. This entire chowk ought to be placed beside a divider on the corner, where equally decorated the patta is placed, on which Gaur Mata is placed. Gaur Mata accustomed to be prepared with the cow dung in the form of human figure, nearly two inches elevated. These days, an icon of Parvati or a picture is seated on patta. Those women, who have detected the vrat, wear dressy clothes once more in their chunris in pink or red clothes with bindi and chonp on their foreheads. Now everybody assembles around the set where durrie and carpet is put on the leaving gap for puja items. And baya of being is put on the thaali, and over the Karva, and also with a few water and 7 pieces of the puas in it. And karva itself is also dee with kharia, roli and aipun. A red fiber is fixed around the element of karva. The women take a seat before elder member (and there are no banned on widows, the family unit recites the tale and does chanting, and every women doing puja. Firstly roli teeka is pertained on forehead of the Gaur previous to the beginning of the puja.) Each person does puja through dropping the third finger of right hand in the water spraying it with the support of thumb three times the divinity; and the same process has to be continual roli and aipun, finally rice is sprayed. Describes the bathing of goddess, beautification with putting of teeka with the roli and finally, worship the goddess with rice.
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