Happy Karwa Chauth

Happy Karwa Chauth To all the womens who celebrate Karwa Chauth and keep a fast fo their hubbies.🤗

What is Karwa Chauth?
Is celebrated mostly by North Indians.Its a fast that married women keep for the husbands, which ensures the well-being, prosperity and longevity of their husbands.The festival of Karwa Chauth provides an opportunity for all married women to get close to their in-laws. Possessing a tremendous social and cultural significance.

Gifts That Are given

Sargi and Baya are the two most important gifting items.Without Sargi and Baya the festival of Karva Chauth is incomplete.

Sargi
Sargi is given by the mother-in-law to their daughter in laws. It is given to the married women so she can eat them before susunrise, as the fast starts before sunrise and ends only after workship the moon at night.This is an tough fast, as the women do not take any food or water.

Baya
In the afternoon, mothers of newly wed girls gift 'Baya' to the parents of their son-in-law. This Baya contains few Mathris, Almonds and some gifts. This gift pack should reach the girl's house before evening. A small pooja to Gaura Ma or goddess Parvati is performed. Married women sit around Gaura ma and pray to her for the well being and long life of their husbands. A small pitcher or Karva with some water is placed in the center. While the story is being narrated, ladies circulate their Baya thalis. Apart from traditional gifts, nowadays there is a norm of showering various designers clothes, bindies and jeweleries, specially to a newly wed woman.

Food Items

• Sargi: which includes pheni (a sweet made of milk and semolina), a dish made of some cereal like parantha , sweets and fruits
• Ten matthis with ten puas (a sweet made of jaggery)
• Halwa

Aww soo cute!!

Happy Karva Chauth to all the ladies.. You ladies/gals rock...is anyones fiance/hubby's keeping the fast! 😉 😉 😆 .. I truly salute everyone who is keeping the fast. It takes alot of strength.. God Bless all of ya!! 👏

Happy Karva chauth to those celebrating it. Sab ko apna chand mile. 😳 😳 😳

Im a gujju so we dont really do this for our husbands but I just find the whole concept so sweet. If my future hubby is worth it...then who knows, may just take the risk of starving myself the whole day. 😛

Originally posted by: *Reemz*

Happy Karva chauth to those celebrating it. Sab ko apna chand mile. 😳 😳 😳

Im a gujju so we dont really do this for our husbands but I just find the whole concept so sweet. If my future hubby is worth it...then who knows, may just take the risk of starving myself the whole day. 😛

Reemz we gujju have those fasting days in the month of shravan, you know Sol Somvar etc. and Astami in Navratri too, usually the married woman fast on those days for this reason. I haven't done any of stuff for a long time, but I will get to see lots of Hindu Punjabi ladies at my mandir tonight, all dressed up with their pooja thalis and doing the pooja.

My mom is waiting for the moon... It was due to come out 20 mins ago...

Anyhow, as a child I found it fascinating, then didn't understand the need for it, however now I adore it... 😳

Piku really nice post...Ty

Shruti

Thanks and happy KArva Chauth to to everyone who is keeping the vrath.

Also piku, thanks for all the info, but I would like to point out a few things -

I am form UP and the customs and traditions of Karva chauth are different from what you mentioned and I would like to share that with you.
We do not have sargi and baya. We do not look at the moon with a chalni (sieve) and then at our husband. Those are basically punjabi customs.
We eat kheer in the night before karva chauth before sleeping. That is said to help go through the next day without water.
In the evening before sunset we pray gaud mata and she is also traditionally made with cowdung like you mentioned. but these days we also use wet soil from outside (especially for people like me in the US)
During the prayer, we have the two sets of athyawari (which is 8 pooris - 4 sweet and 4 salty - with sooji halwa) One is for the married woman and one is for gaud mata.
When the moon is out, we see the moon and give it the pieces of athyawari from our set and water. It is done 5 times. then, we see the moon and drink a small sip of water.
After that we touch our husbands feet and give the athyawari that was with gaud mata to him and have water from his hands.
The husband and the wife have to each eat their athyawari for dinner.

So, thats how we do it... I just thought I would share with you.

Originally posted by: divan

Reemz we gujju have those fasting days in the month of shravan, you know Sol Somvar etc. and Astami in Navratri too, usually the married woman fast on those days for this reason. I haven't done any of stuff for a long time, but I will get to see lots of Hindu Punjabi ladies at my mandir tonight, all dressed up with their pooja thalis and doing the pooja.

Is it?? I cant remember my mum fasting for dad, well she's never told me about it. I dont think there is custom where wives go without food AND drink the whole day though is it?

Reemz:

Nope that is strictly North Indian and that's why its so romantic.

Originally posted by: *Reemz*

Is it?? I cant remember my mum fasting for dad, well she's never told me about it. I dont think there is custom where wives go without food AND drink the whole day though is it?

Reemz,

lots of parts of india have different customs. I am gujju too and I remember my mom doing some pooja (Kevda Trij) where they do pooja with kevda leaves in the afternoon. But its not completely without food/drink. Most gujju's take fruit and water/milk post the pooja and then they have to do jagran in the night.

Also Sindhi's do something called tijri (can be done by unmarried/ non-engaged girls too). Basically very similar in concept to Karva Chauth, but just different customs.

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All - happy karva chauth to everyone especially the ones who are fasting. I pray that all your wishes come true.

Rivs

Rivs is right, Jaya Parvati vrath before Shravan begins is for that. Five days of fasting culminating in jagran. I never did them, used to get sick staying up all night. And there is a version for girls too, we called it Alluna.

Kanta