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Karva Chauth or Karwa Chauth or Karaka Chaturthi (Sanskrit: करकचतुर्थी, romanized: Karakachaturthī) [3] is a Hindu festival celebrated by Hindu women of Nepal, Northern India and Western Indiain October or November on the Bikram Sambat month of Kartika. [4]
Orthodox or strict Sindhi women do not even drink a sip of water until they break their fast. In the night after making an offering to the moon, they would break the fast. This is also referred to as the Sindhi version of Karwa Chauth [4] 6. Akhan Teej [5] In Sindh, Akshaya Tritiya is known as Akhandi which is celebrated in Vaisakha. On this ...
Vinayaka Chaturthi is the Chaturthi after Amavasya or new moon. Devotees observe the fast for full day and night and meal is consumed the next day. This fast is mostly observed in Western and Southern India especially by the Brahmin community (Smarta or Shaiva).
Karwa Chauth is a form of fasting practised in some parts of India where married women undertake a fast for the well-being, prosperity, and longevity of their husbands. The fast is broken after the wife views the moon through a sieve.
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Similarly Karwa Chauth is celebrated in a vast number of states including Indian state of Gujarat. Gujarat has more Hindus than entire Pakistan. So instead of Urdu, there shud be Gujarati (if u take top three languages). After Gujarati, then u shud add other languages like Pahari, Kashmiri, Dogri, Sindhi, Rajasthani etc...
Sankashti Chaturthi, [1] also known as Sankatahara Chaturthi and Sankashti, is a holy day in every lunar month of the Hindu calendar dedicated to the Hindu god Ganesha.This day falls on the fourth day of the Krishna Paksha (the dark fortnight). [2]