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KURWA CHAUTH ...A fast for the hubbies



Kurwa chauth is an interesting festival,celebrated in North India. The fast is kept by all the married ladies.
It usually falls in the month of october or November. It  is exactly on the tenth day after Dussera.
Keeping  a whole day fast,without eating and drinking anything is the main feature.It is believed that by keeping this fast the husbands would  be bestowed with a long and healthy lives. There are many stories related to the fast.

Not only fasting,the woman dress up in thier best. Mehndi is applied on both hands. Basically it is dressing up like a bride, with  colourful bangles,sindhur and jewellery etc.

 The fast starts at the break of the dawn. And a special  array of sweets and things are eaten before the fast begins and that is called sargi. Sargi is generally given by the mother- in -law which consists of fruits,sweets like vermiceli kheer,nuts etc. and the accessories for  styling.

Its is only  before dusk that the ladies form groups and do puja . Each one has a kuwra ,a small pot filled with water and a thali decorated with fruits and mattri. And nuts to be given to the MIL.

Songs are sung and the thalis
are rotated seven times. A  diya or small lamp is places on the thali.

After the puja  the ladies wait for the moon  to rise ,they see the moon and break the fast.On seeing the moon ,ark with water  and sweet is given to the moon . The lady sees the moon through a sieve.
 Now she breaks the fast  by having a sweet or coconut or coconut water.






And a feast is ready which consists of rich and wholesome food like puri,paneer,pulao sweets,chanas etc.


This year kurwa chauth falls on 27th November.

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