Last Update: 13 October 2022, 07:28 IST
Karva Chauth is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by married women. (Representative image: Shutterstock)
Karva Chauth 2022: As Indian married women gear up to celebrate the auspicious occasion, let us find out the reason behind the celebration
Happy Karva Chauth 2022: Karva Chauth is an important festival for Hindu women in India and is widely celebrated in North Indian states such as Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. This year, it is being celebrated today on Thursday, 13 October. Women adorn themselves in new clothes and ‘sixteen shringar’ and perform Karva Chauth Puja for a happy and blissful marriage. On this day, women observe a one-day Nirjala fast, which means they abstain from consuming water or food between sunrise and sunset on this day.
As Indian married women gear up to celebrate the auspicious occasion, let us explore the reasons behind celebrating Karva Chauth:
- Karva Chauth is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by married women.
- Although the festival originally originated from the northern parts of India, it has been extremely popular in other parts of India as well. From Bollywood celebrities to every other Indian married woman can be seen participating in this auspicious occasion.
- Karva Chauth is a festival dedicated to the beautiful bond of marriage. It is a reminder of the unconditional love and support that holds a marriage together.
- It is celebrated on the fourth day after the full moon or full moon in the month of Kartik according to the Hindu lunar calendar.
- The word karva or karva means ‘earthen pot’. Whereas the word Chauth denotes ‘fourth’.
- Deriving its name from an earthen pot, the festival is also known as Kadak Chaturthi (in which kark means earthen water pitcher).
- Married women observe a day’s fast to wish their husbands long life and long life.
- One hypothesis behind Karva Chauth is that during military campaigns, men used to leave their homes and go to war. As a result his wives resorted to prayer for his safety and health. Some traditions also state that newly wed women celebrate this festival to bond with their in-laws, befriend another woman, and celebrate the bond of friendship.
- However, what these hypotheses have in common is that the festival coincides with the time of sowing of wheat (the beginning of the Rabi crops season). Earthen pots (karva) were used to keep wheat in them to wish for a good harvest.
- Women usually celebrate this festival of Karva Chauth by exchanging gifts, singing songs and performing puja with other married women. They get ‘Sargi’ from their mother-in-law. Sargi contains special nutritious foods which need to be eaten before sunrise.
- After which a day’s fast is observed from dawn, and only after seeing the moon and husband through a sieve can they break the fast. Throughout the day women engage in various rituals, dress up, make up and pray for the husband’s good health and prosperity. She breaks her fast by drinking a sip of water which her husband helps her to drink.
- Though it is mainly celebrated by married women, unmarried girls and boys can also celebrate this auspicious festival in search of a blessed life partner.
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