The Fest of Karva Chauth 2014

Karva Chauth is a festival of Hindus. Karva Chauth 2014 will be celebrated among husbands and wives on 11^th October. Women play an important role in this Indian festival. It is the choice of women of any state to do fast, otherwise this is a festival originated and celebrated in Northern India.

On Karva Chauth 2014, all eyes will definitely wait eagerly for the Moon to shine. Karva Chauth is a festival which represents the day of love, long life, health, respect, wealth and trust towards your husband, fiancé or beloved.

Women, who are going to observe Karwa Chauth fast in 2014, will wake up before sunrise and take bath to get ready to start the fasting. This fast starts from sunrise and ends in the night, only after seeing the moon. Through the whole day, women do neither take any food, nor even water. The main idols worshiped on this day are Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, with their sons, Lord Ganesha and Kartikeya. On this day the worship of God Shiva and Goddess Parvati would be done by Hindu women with earthen pots filled with sweets or prasad. After the traditions are followed, these Karwas are distributed to daughters and sisters.

As told above we got to know the Moon plays an important role during celebrating Karwa Chauth. Only after seeing the Moon the women is allowed to break their fast after completing all the rituals. Women wear bangles and put Mehendi on their hands.

 The procedure is as follows: women first see the Moon through the sieve and then see their beloved or husbands. After that is done, the ladies are handed with sweet or milk by their husbands to break the fast. It is also assumed that the couple enjoys a fortunate and affluent married life that lasts for as many years as there are pores in the sieve. It is a faith that the ritual of looking at the husband through the sifter removes all the beast and destructive consequences from him.

In many areas it is a culture that not only women but men also keep fasting for the long life of their beloved wives. Nowadays most of the people still follows the same rituals of doing fast while some people while fasting does other things also. In various outing places like restaurants, cinema halls there are special packages for husband and wife, which will boost in 2014 also.

The package may include songs devoted by husband to his beloved wife or dance by wife or group of women for their husbands.

While some cultural activity has been added to glorify the occasion but still the idea of fasting with all the traditions followed properly and breaking the fast only after seeing the moon and husband’s face through sieve is still alive and inviolate.

Since due to the fact that some husbands are far from their wives due to office work some wives break their fast by seeing their husband through video chat or seeing their photographs if chat is not possible for them.

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