Are you ready for Karwa Chauth 2024? See how India is gearing up for the Hindu festival, mehendi to last-minute shopping

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Published on Oct 19, 2024 10:14 AM IST

Karwa Chauth 2024 is here: During the Hindu festival, married women observe a day-long fast for their husbands’ long lives. Here's how they are preparing.

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This year, Karwa Chauth will be celebrated on October 20, Sunday, A woman shows her hands decorated with henna, ahead of the Karwa Chauth festival in Jammu on Friday.(PTI)

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Women purchase bangles from a shop ahead of the Karwa Chauth festival in Dehradun on Friday. According to the Purnimanta calendar, Karwa Chauth falls on Krishna Paksha Chaturthi in the Hindu month of Kartik. Karwa Chauth is celebrated on the same day throughout India.(PTI)

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Published on Oct 19, 2024 10:14 AM IST

The Hindu festival of Karwa Chauth is almost here, and married and to-be-married Hindu women, particularly in north India, are all set to celebrate the festival rooted in age-old rituals. A woman shows her hand decorated with henna ahead of the Karwa Chauth festival in Dehradun,(PTI)

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Women shop at a market for the Karwa Chauth festival in Dehradun. Women observe an arduous nirjala vrat (sans water fast) during the festival from dawn to moonrise for their husband's long lives and prosperity. Women only eat food or drink water after making offering to the moon.(PTI)

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Published on Oct 19, 2024 10:14 AM IST

A woman gets her hand decorated with mehendi ahead of the Karwa Chauth festival in Dehradun. Mehendi holds cultural significance in marriage, beginning with the first, much-anticipated mehndi for the wedding. So, it’s no surprise that wearing mehndi for Karwa Chauth, a festival observed for marital bliss, is a celebration in itself, filled with high enthusiasm.(PTI)

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Published on Oct 19, 2024 10:14 AM IST

Massive crowds of shoppers seen inside Sadar Bazaar Market ahead of Karwa Chauth and Diwali Festival in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, During Karwa Chauth, married women observe a day-long fast from sunrise to moonrise for their husbands’ long lives. Shopping is on in full swing ahead of the festival on Sunday.(HT Photo/ Sanchit Khanna)

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Are you ready for Karwa Chauth 2024? See how India is gearing up for the Hindu festival, mehendi to last-minute shopping

This year, Karwa Chauth will be celebrated on October 20, Sunday, A woman shows her hands decorated with henna, ahead of the Karwa Chauth festival in Jammu on Friday.(PTI)

Women purchase bangles from a shop ahead of the Karwa Chauth festival in Dehradun on Friday. According to the Purnimanta calendar, Karwa Chauth falls on Krishna Paksha Chaturthi in the Hindu month of Kartik. Karwa Chauth is celebrated on the same day throughout India.(PTI)

The Hindu festival of Karwa Chauth is almost here, and married and to-be-married Hindu women, particularly in north India, are all set to celebrate the festival rooted in age-old rituals. A woman shows her hand decorated with henna ahead of the Karwa Chauth festival in Dehradun,(PTI)

Women shop at a market for the Karwa Chauth festival in Dehradun. Women observe an arduous nirjala vrat (sans water fast) during the festival from dawn to moonrise for their husband's long lives and prosperity. Women only eat food or drink water after making offering to the moon.(PTI)

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