Karwa Chauth isa festival celebrated by Hindu women from the Indian Subcontinent on the fourth day after Purnima (a full moon) in the month of Kartika. On KarvaChauthwomen, especially in Northern India, who are married fast from sunrise to moonrise for the safety and longevity of their husbands. The KarvaChauthfastistraditionally celebrated in the states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and as Atla Tadde in Andhra Pradesh.
Women initiate by observing the fast. Diksha gives her skill, dexterity. With the attainment of efficiency, the sense of faith is awakened and only by faith does one attain the true form of Brahma.
Goal of indian culture
It is the goal of Indian culture that every moment of life should be filled with joy and gaiety of fasts, festivals and festivals. In these are hidden the seeds of the ideology of our culture. If the entire personality of an Indian woman is to be measured in just two words, then these words would be – Tapasya and Karuna. We bow with gratitude at the feet of those great sages and sages that, by telling us the importance of fasts, festivals and festivals, they showed us the accessibility of the path of salvation. For Hindu women, the fast of ‘Karva Chauth’ is considered to give an unbroken love life.
Vraten dikshamaapnoti dikshayapnoti dakshinam
Dakshina Shraddhamapnoti Shraddhaya Satyamapyate
This year Karva Chauth is on 13th October
This fast is done for the long life and good health of the husband
Married women end the fast by offering Arghya to Lord Moon, wishing their husbands long life and good health. Women have so much reverence for this day that they start preparing for this fast many days in advance. This fast is done on Chandrodaya Vyapini Chaturthi of Kartik Krishna. Karak Chaturthi is also known as ‘Karva Chauth’.
Symbol of sacred bond of Hindu culture
In fact, the fast of Karva Chauth is a symbol of the sacred bond of Hindu culture, which is between husband and wife. In Hindu culture, the husband is referred to as the Supreme God. Karva Chauth brings a new courtship for both husband and wife and the consciousness of immense love, sacrifice, and sacrifice for each other. On this day, women, wearing the form of a complete honeymoon, wearing clothes and ornaments, pray to Lord Rajni Nath for their unbroken marriage. Women make a vow after a day-long fast in front of God by adorning them with suhaag signs, that they will have a feeling of complete devotion to their husband by mind, word and deed.
Shiva-Parvati and Kartikeya are also worshiped on this day
Not only is Rajninath worshiped on the fourth day of Krishna Paksha of Kartik month; But Shiva-Parvati and Swami Kartikeya are also worshipped. The law of worship of Shiva-Parvati is done for the purpose that just as Shailputri Parvati, by doing severe penance, attained Lord Shiva and attained unbroken good fortune, so should she get the same. Anyway, Gauri-worship has a special significance for virgins and married women.
Include these 9 things in your worship plate in the preparations for Karwa Chauth
Karva Chauth will be celebrated on 13 October this year. On this auspicious day, married women observe a full day’s fast for the long life and health of their husbands. The rituals of Karva Chauth include performing sargi, worshiping, preparing fasting thali, etc. Puja thali for Karva Chauth is a very essential ritual of the day. Read below some important things that you should include in your puja thali on the auspicious festival.
Get it done
The word ‘Karva’ refers to an earthen pot with a nozzle on top which symbolizes peace and prosperity. If you are not getting earthen karwa, then you can get brass karwa in your plate. In the plate of Karva Chauth fasting, two rituals are necessary.
Lamp
Include a lamp in your puja thali. You can either include a clay or flour lamp in your plate to perform Karva Chauth Puja.
A sieve
It is very important to have a sieve or a sieve in the plate of Karva Chauth. Due to fasting for the whole day, every woman worships the moon the very moment she is outside. Hence to protect your eyes from those harmful rays and to receive filtered light and divine blessings, sieve remains an important part of the list of Karva Chauth thali items.
A round metal pot
A circular water vessel is important for offering water to the Moon. Also, after seeing the moon, do not forget to keep a separate glass of water in your plate to break the fast.
Vermilion
Sindoor is considered very important to tell the marital status of any woman. On the day of Karva Chauth, every woman should apply vermilion and keep it on her plate. Sindoor or Kumkum marks the beginning of a woman’s married life and is an essential part of Karva Chauth.
Sweet
Sweets are kept in the puja plate to offer to the moon during moon worship at night. You can break your fast by eating these sweets. Make sure to include mathri in your plate as a dessert.
Story book
The Karva Chauth story is recited during the puja. This is an important ritual without which Karva Chauth is incomplete. While doing auspicious puja on this day, keep the book of Karva Chauth in your plate.
Rice
Rice is the universal substitute for everything in most Hindu rituals. Keep 10-12 pieces of rice in your puja plate as it is considered very auspicious.
Fruit
Include fresh fruits that contain ample amount of fiber and water. Since Karva Chauth fasting involves going without food and water throughout the day, eating fresh fruits will keep your stomach full and once you break your fast the water needs of the body will also be met.