Karwa Chauth is rapidly approaching, and we are eagerly anticipating it. Karwa Chauth is celebrated nationwide each year with great fanfare and extravagance.
Karwa Chauth honours a couple’s love and is particularly celebrated by married women. Karwa Chauth is celebrated with great fanfare in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana. Married women observe a fast from sunrise to moonrise on this day. They break their fast only when they see the moon in the sky and accept food and water from their husbands. During Karwa Chauth, married women offer prayers to Lord Shiva for their husbands’ long lives.
Here are few things to keep in mind while celebrating first Karwa Chauth:
1. Women who are newly married ought to get up early and take a bath. After that, they ought to tidy up the temple, light a diya, worship Lord Shiva, Lord Ganesha, Lord Kartikeya, and Maa Parvati. They should also make a vow to observe a nirjala vrat and read the Karwa Chauth Katha.
2. Newlywed brides should do solah sringar, paint their hands and feet with mehendi, and dress traditionally in red. They ought to refrain from donning white, brown, and black clothing. While brown is associated with Rahu and Ketu, white and black are not thought to be lucky colours. They can wear maroon, pink, yellow, green, and red in addition to red.
3. To make them feel special on this day, newlyweds celebrating their first Karwa Chauth should receive kind gifts from their in-laws and their maternal home. Additionally, the newlywed daughter-in-law ought to present her mother-in-law with a carefully chosen Baya that includes apparel, jewellery, food items, and wedding-related items. The purpose of this ritual is to obtain the mother-in-law’s blessings.
4. Another significant festival ritual is sargi. The mother-in-law ought to give her daughter-in-law the Sargi herself on the first Karva Chauth. Fruits, mathri, candies, dry fruits, and other foods make up the sargi plate. Before dawn, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law ought to share a meal of sargi.