InFacts about India-13 October 2022

Karwa Chauth 2021

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Karwa Chauth
According to Sanatan dharma, It is considered to be a romantic festival, symbolizing the love between a husband and wife. It is a 1-day festival celebrated by Hindu women from North India four days after purnima (a full moon) in the month of Kartika. … On Karwa Chauth, the married women, especially in Northern India, fast from sunrise to moonrise for the safety and longevity of their husbands. Married women begin their fast from sunrise and stays without consuming food and water until moon rise. They wives start fasting after having eating ‘Sargahi’ a pre-dawn meal earlier the beginning of fasting.

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