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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]
Karva Chauth is a one-day festival celebrated by Hindu women from some regions of India, especially northern India. On Karva Chauth, the married women, especially in Northern India , fast from sunrise to moonrise for the safety and longevity of their husbands.
Karadaiyan Nonbu is a festival performed by women from the Tamil Hindu community for the welfare of their husbands as well as future husbands. This is in relation to how Savithri saved her husband from Yamadharma Raja.
Karva Chauth Floating Hindu festival celebrated by women to pray for the longevity of their husbands, observed on the fourth day after the full moon in the month of Kartika
The Hindu calendar is lunisolar but most festival dates are specified using the lunar portion of the calendar. A lunar day is uniquely identified by three calendar elements: māsa (lunar month), pakṣa (lunar fortnight) and tithi (lunar day).
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History; Indus Valley Civilisation; ... Karva Chauth, Ganesh Chaturthi, Janmashtami, and Navaratri, have rituals known as ... Tamil roots have also been suggested: ...
Atla Tadde is a traditional festival celebrated by both unmarried and married Hindu women of Godavari and Krishna delta regions of Andhra Pradesh for getting a husband or for the health and long life of their husbands.