Mangla Gaur festival

Mangala Gaur[edit source | editbeta]

Pahili Mangala Gaur (first Mangala Gaur) celebration is one of the most important celebration for the new brides in Marathi Brahmins. On the Tuesday of the month of the Shravan falling within an year after her marriage, the new bride performs Shivling puja for the well-being of her husband and new family. It is also a get-together of all women folks. It includes chatting, playing games, Ukhane (married women take their husband's name woven in 2/4 rhyming liners) and great food. They typically play Zimma, Fugadi, Bhendya (more popularly known as Antakshari in modern India) till the wee hours of the next morning.