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Karwa Chauth

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Karwa Chauth

Why it is celebrated

On Kartik Krishna Chaturthi, married women keep the Karwa Chauth fast without food or water and pray for their husband's long life. The fast is broken after the evening puja and katha, once arghya is offered to the moon. Shiv ji, Maa Parvati, Ganesh ji and Karwa Mata are worshipped.

The story

In a town lived a brahmin named Vedsharma. He had seven sons and one daughter, Veeravati. All seven brothers loved their only sister dearly.

On her first Karwa Chauth after marriage, Veeravati was at her parents' home. She kept the fast without water, but by evening she fainted from hunger and thirst. Her brothers could not bear to see her like this. One brother climbed a distant tree and placed a lit lamp behind a sieve. The brothers said, “Look, the moon has risen!” Thinking the lamp was the moon, Veeravati offered arghya and broke her fast.

Just then bad news came from her in-laws' home. Veeravati rushed there and found her husband lying lifeless. She wept and prayed. Then Devi Indrani explained that this trouble had come because she had broken her fast without seeing the real moon.

For a whole year Veeravati kept every Chauth fast with full faith. On the next Karwa Chauth, through her devotion and the Devi's grace, her husband was given life again. Since then, women keep this vrat with care and faith.

Puja vidhi

  1. Eat sargi before sunrise (where the mother-in-law gives sargi, it is seen as her blessing) and take the sankalp for the fast.
  2. Keep the fast without water through the day; if you are unwell, take fruit and water on the advice of elders and your doctor.
  3. In the evening, draw or place a picture of Karwa Mata; worship Shiv-Parvati and Ganesh ji and keep a karwa filled with water.
  4. Sit with other women to hear the Karwa Chauth katha and pass the thalis around.
  5. When the moon rises, look at it through a sieve, then at your husband, and offer arghya to the moon with water from the karwa.
  6. Break the fast with water and a sweet from your husband's hand; give the baya to your mother-in-law and take her blessings.

Food

Sargi of pheni, mathri, dry fruits and fruit at dawn; puri, halwa and home-made sweets in the evening.

Wishes to send

  • Warm wishes on Karwa Chauth! May your bond always shine bright and full of love, like the moon.

  • May Maa Parvati's blessings be with your married life. Have a blessed Karwa Chauth!

  • The moon peeping through the sieve, love in the eyes and a prayer in the heart. Happy Karwa Chauth!

  • This day-long fast is a sign of your love and faith. May the two of you always stay together and well.

  • As the moon rises tonight, may the moonlight of happiness spread through your life. Happy Karwa Chauth!

  • A bond for seven lifetimes and love for every day. Karwa Chauth greetings to all the sisters keeping the fast!

For your status

  • Waiting for the moon, wrapped in love.

  • The moon in the sieve, you in my heart.

  • Happy Karwa Chauth!

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