10 Facts About Karwa Chauth

Karwa Chauth is a festival celebrated by Hindu women of Northern and Western India on the fourth day after Purnima in the month of Ashwin.

On Karwa Chauth, married women and unmarried women, especially in North India, observe fast from sunrise to moonrise for the safety and longevity of their husbands.

The Karwa Chauth fast is traditionally celebrated in the states of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Jammu, western Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh.

Since Karwa Chauth follows soon after the Kharif crop harvest in the rural areas, it is a good time for community festivities and gift exchanges.

In modern North India and Northwestern India society, Karwa Chauth is considered to be a romantic festival, symbolizing the love between a husband and wife.

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Thanks to the Bollywood, Karwa Chauth isn't limited to be a North Indian festival anymore.

Since Karwa Chauth is celebrated primarily by women and because beauty rituals and dressing-up are a significant part of the day, the festival is seen as an event that bonds women together.

Karwa Chauth's spent her first Karwa Chauth as a married woman at her parents' house.

Karwa Chauth's immediately begins running to her husband's house, which is somewhat distant, and is intercepted by Shiva-Parvati.

Karwa Chauth bound the crocodile with cotton yarn and asked Yama to send the crocodile to hell.