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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]
Unmarried girls and children will play on the streets singing Atla Tadde Song after having suddi until sun rises. People swing in the Uyyala (Swing (seat)). People watch the reflection of the Moon in nearby pond or lake after the sunrise welcoming the day. Pootarekulu (sweet made with rice flour, jaggery, and milk)
During Karva Chauth, Jiya performs the rituals that a wife typically does for a husband, but Raj becomes angry and asks Jiya to leave. After Raj's brother and sister-in-law reveal that they had hoped Raj would marry Jiya, he finally gives in and decides to marry her and move on with his life.
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Ahoi Ashtmi; Also called: Karak Ashtami, Karāshatmi (), Avahi Aathein ()Observed by: Hindu Mothers: Type: Hindu festival day: Celebrations: 1 day: Observances ...
Chhath celebration at Rani Pokhari, a 17th-century pond in Kathmandu (2015) Chhath Puja celebration at Azimganj. Chhath Puja is a folk festival that lasts four days. It starts with Kartik Shukla Chaturthi and ends with Kartik Shukla Saptami.
Teej (Sanskrit: तीज, romanized: Tīja), literally meaning the "third" denoting the third day after the new moon when the monsoon begins as per the Hindu calendar, is a combined name for 3 Hindu festivals primarily dedicated to Hindu deities - the mother goddess Parvati and her male consort Shiva, mainly celebrated by married women and unmarried girls mostly in Nepal and North India to ...
Yama could not enter the prince's chamber, and so he climbed on top of the heap of gold coins and sat there the entire night listening to the stories and songs. In the morning, he silently went away. Thus, the young prince was saved from the clutches of death by the cleverness of his new bride, and the day came to be celebrated as Dhanteras. [10]