About Karva Chauth
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[English Version]
India is a country of festivals. Karva Chauth is one of them. This is a
festival of married ladies who keep fast on this day for long life and health of
their husbands. This day ladies don't even drink water. On this day ladies pray
goddess Gauri and god Ganesha. Shiv-kartikey and the moon are also prayed.
There is a custom to listen or say stories during the fest of Karva Chauth. These
stories are mainly related to good fortune. This fest occurs on the 4th day of Kartik
month (Indian Calendar, later half of october) At the end of the day of fast, ladies
draw images of Lord Shiva, goddess Parvati, lord Kartikey and other deities on the
wall and pray symbols of married women.
After prayer, water is given to the moon, only then ladies can have food. Karve
made of gold, silver or mud are exchanged, this improves relations. After the prayer,
ladies take blessings of their parent-in-laws and other elders. At many places,
ladies give gifts to their mother-in-law. There are many stories famous about the
fast of karva chauth.
Indian ladies do this fast for the long life of their husbands.
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[Hindi Version]
Bharat tyoharon ka desh hai. Isi kram mein karva chauth vrat
aata hai to khaskar vivahit mahilaon ka tyohaar hai. is din hindu aurtein apne pati
ki deerghayu aur swasthey raksha ke liye poore din vrat rakhti hain. is vrat mein
pramukhteh gauri va ganesh ki pooja hoti hai. shiv-kartikey va chandrama ka poojan
bhi prachalit hai.
Karva chauth ke vrat mein katha kehne ya sunne ka vidhaan hai. ye kathayein mukhyateh
saubhagya vridhi se sambandhit hoti hain. yeh vrat kartik krishan paksh ki chauth
mein kiya jaata hai, din bhar nirjala vrat rakhkar shaam ko shiv, parvati, kartikey
aadi devtaon ka chitra deewar par banakar suhaag ki vastuon ki pooja ki jaati hai.
poojar kar chandrama ko ardhya de kar phir bhojan grahan kiya jaata hai. sone, chandi
ya mitti ke karve ka aapas mein aadaan-pradaan kiya jaata hai, jo aapsi prem-bhav
ko badhata hai. poojan karne ke baad mahilayein apne saas-sasur evam bdon ko pranaam
kar unka aashirvaad leti hain. kahin-kahin par is din bahuyein shradha se apni sasu
ji ko kuchh na kuchh uphaar deti hain. karva chauth ke vrat ke samband mein kai
lok-kathayein prachalit hain.
hindu mahilayein apne akhand suhaag ke liye karva chauth vrat karti hain.
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