Decorative Pooja Thali for Karwa Chauth Festival
The festivities of Karwa Chauth festival is worth mentioning. The karwa Chauth Pooja preparation starts a day before and married women purchase all the required Pooja items. The married women wake up early in the morning; wear new red or orange color saris with good jewellery, keep strict fasting after sun rise and they do not take anything including water during the whole day of Karwa Chauth. During Pooja all the women sit in a circle and in the hub they put two inch tall idol of Goddess Parvati made by unsullied cow dung. Besides the idle platform a Karva (holy pitcher) is placed and then women do the tilak on Idol of Gauri and pray for their husband’s wealth, health and long lives. Some elder women narrate the Karwa Chauth stories to explain the importance of the festival. After that women rotate the Pooja Thali and sing karwa chauth songs and then Pooja is over.
Decorating the Karwa Chauth Pooja Thali is very imperative module which is also branded as Baya. Baya contain roti, kumkum, sticks, chawal, dry fruits, diyas, a container filled with water (lota), an clay lamp and poles apart category of sweets. Pooja Thali can also be tinted with the help of flowers, color and leaves. During moon rise woman do the Pooja using this dyed Puja Thali and they observe their husband through the sieve after that the fast ends after that by consumption the water.
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Ambika Gaur Mata Idol is made earlier with cowdung and soil. An idol of Goddess Parvati is kept for worship. Everyone prepares the Karwa Chauth pooja thali while listening the story preached by Pujarin (Priest). Incense sticks, Sindoor, and Food Grain (rice) are kept in the pooja thali. In the late evening women wear chunries or designer sarees in pink, red or various bridal colors purchased through designer gifts online and arrange for the pooja. Once the moon rises they see their reflection through a sieve, or a dupatta or a thali full of water. Then water is offered to moon looking for blessings for their husband’s long life, safety and prosperity. This process ends the fast and they have their food.
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