The Rituals & Practices Of Karwa Chauth

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Being one of the very important festivals for the married Hindu Ladies, Karwa Chauth exhibits its unique importance. This year it will be celebrated on 25th October 2011. As per the prediction of the Hindu calendar it falls on the chaturthi after the full moon of the month of Kartik. This festival is also known as Chaturthi. It is marked by the married women offering prayers and seeking marital bliss which also involves exchange gifts. It is eminent for nine days before another important festival, Diwali.

The festival involves lot of joy & vigor in the anticipation of the Chauth.A calendar day preceding to karva Chauth, Married women go for karva Chauth shopping, bangles, mehendi, sweets, ornaments etc. They send Karvachauth greetings and karva chauth gifts to their loved ones. Every individual home is decorated. Flower arrangements can be seen. The subsequent day, on Karva chauth married women monitor fast sincerely. The fast commences with the sunrise and ends following worshipping the moon god. They do not consume food or water for the whole day. Adorned in fineries they spend the day according to the directives ...
... of their mother-in-laws and sister-in laws. At night after offering prayers to the moon, they end their fasts by watching their husbands through a transparent sieve.

The legend is devoted lady Karva loved her husband a lot. One day while taking a bath in the river, a crocodile attacked, but karva was intelligent enough to overpower it and took the crocodile to Yama, the god of death. She requested him to send the crocodile to hell. Yama did not do so. But Karva was having the power of Curse & she herself sent the croc to hell blessing her husband of a long & prosperous life.

Exchanging and buying gifts for karva chauth is the central part of the festival. There are countless gift ideas for Karva Chauth. You can send karwa chauth gifts to your family & friends. You can send dry fruits for karva Chauth, Chocolates for karva Chauth, flowers, cakes, sweets, and other gifts like Karva Chauth gift hampers. Florists both Indian and international florists make certain that the flowers you send stay unsullied and arrive at your dear ones, and with a guarantee of same day delivery of flowers.You can also get the gifts to India your loved ones sending you all across the globe. You can also send flowers online. It binds the duo; they get to romance openly in our traditional society with social permit. Karva chauth hence is a festival of fun.

The festival deepens the bond between the husband and wife and also between the in laws and daughter in law.Karwa chauth gift hamper now days consist of all that needs to be there; chocolates for karwa chauth acts like sweets, flowers for karwa chauth for good wishes, deep, tikka, rice grains and any personalized gift. So you have a lot of variety to choose from amongst gifts for karwa chauth available and send karwa chauth gifts to the women and make her feel that she will always remain special.

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