Karwa Chauth Puja

Karwa Chauth is a ritual of fasting observed by married Hindu women seeking the long-life, well-being and prosperity of their husbands. The festival and fast of Karwa Chauth is celebrated with much exuberance and fanfare acorss India. This festival is considered an important and auspicious day for married women. A married woman celebrates this day with great fervor and dedication. Karwa is another word for clay pot and chauth means fourth in Hindi, because this festival is commemorated on the the fourth day after the Full Moon in Kartik month of Hindu calendar.