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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]
Women observing Karva Chauth Four days after purnima (a full moon ) in the month of Ashvin ( amanta ) Kartika ( purnimanta ). Like many Hindu festivals, Karva Chauth is based on the lunisolar calendar which accounts for all astronomical positions, especially positions of the moon which is used as a marker to calculate important dates.
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.
Chhath is an ancient Hindu festival, native to eastern India and southern Nepal. [2] It is celebrated [3] especially in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Eastern Uttar Pradesh; [4] [5] and the Nepalese Autonomous provinces of Koshi, Lumbini, and Madhesh.
They have a ritualistic importance for the Karva Chauth festival (celebrated in parts of Northern & Western India) where, along with Lapsi and dry fruits, they are part of the sargi ensemble consumed just before the fast associated with the festival begins.
Gangaur (Sanskrit: गणगौर, IAST: Gaṇagaura) is a Hindu festival celebrated in the Indian states of Rajasthan, Haryana, [1] the regions of Malwa, Nimar regions [2] (Manawar, Barwani, Khargone, Khandwa) of Madhya Pradesh and the Braj [3] and Bundelkhand regions of Uttar Pradesh.
This type of information is rarely found in other classical Tamil literature. An epilogue ( patikams )is at the end of each ten. The theme, rhythm, metre, name and epilogues were added by the authors of the patikams at a later date, before the commentaries were written; the patikams , as well as the verses, have been annotated.
Thiruvathira or Thiruvathirai or Arudhra Darisanam is a Hindu festival celebrated in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. [2] [3] [4] Thiruvathirai (Arudhra) in Tamil means "sacred big wave". In Chidambaram [5] in Tamil Nadu, the Nataraja Temple's annual festival [6] is celebrated on this date. In the month of Makaram Thiruvathira Star ...