Are you ready for Karwa Chauth 2024? See how India is gearing up for the Hindu festival, mehendi to last-minute shopping
Karwa Chauth 2024 is here: During the Hindu festival, married women observe a day-long fast for their husbands’ long lives.
Karwa Chauth 2024 is here: During the Hindu festival, married women observe a day-long fast for their husbands’ long lives. Here's how they are preparing.
This year, Karwa Chauth will be celebrated on October 20, Sunday, A woman shows her hands decorated with henna, ahead of the Karwa Chauth festival in Jammu on Friday.(PTI)
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Women purchase bangles from a shop ahead of the Karwa Chauth festival in Dehradun on Friday. According to the Purnimanta calendar, Karwa Chauth falls on Krishna Paksha Chaturthi in the Hindu month of Kartik. Karwa Chauth is celebrated on the same day throughout India.(PTI)
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The Hindu festival of Karwa Chauth is almost here, and married and to-be-married Hindu women, particularly in north India, are all set to celebrate the festival rooted in age-old rituals. A woman shows her hand decorated with henna ahead of the Karwa Chauth festival in Dehradun,(PTI)
Women shop at a market for the Karwa Chauth festival in Dehradun. Women observe an arduous nirjala vrat (sans water fast) during the festival from dawn to moonrise for their husband's long lives and prosperity. Women only eat food or drink water after making offering to the moon.(PTI)
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A woman gets her hand decorated with mehendi ahead of the Karwa Chauth festival in Dehradun. Mehendi holds cultural significance in marriage, beginning with the first, much-anticipated mehndi for the wedding. So, it’s no surprise that wearing mehndi for Karwa Chauth, a festival observed for marital bliss, is a celebration in itself, filled with high enthusiasm.(PTI)
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