Kanpur, Amrit Vichar. Women observed the fast of Karva Chauth on Friday by applying mehendi and sixteen adornments with Piya’s name on their hands and wishing for unbroken good fortune. When the sun set, the anxiety of seeing the moon was seen on everyone’s face.
When the moon came out, she worshiped Lord Ganesha and Chandradev, performed aarti of Pati Dev, drank it through a sieve and broke the fast after seeing the moon. Mass worship was organized at many places. Married women visited temples and prayed for the happy life of their husbands.
As the days progressed on this festival of wishing for unbroken good fortune, the restlessness of the fasting women increased. Especially of those women who had their first Karva Chauth. He was anxious that he should see his beloved with the moon as soon as possible and break the fast by drinking a sip of water from her hands and receive the gift.
Sometimes the married women would go to the terrace and sometimes come to the courtyard and look at the sky. She kept checking again and again to see if the moon had come out. When the moon appeared, his happiness knew no bounds. She touched her husband’s feet and took blessings. The husbands also gave them gifts and broke the fast by feeding them sweets.
mass worship in temples
The married couples worshiped collectively in the temples located at Sanatan Dharma Mandir, Govind Nagar and Kaushalpuri, Gujaini, Pandu Nagar, Lalbangla, Kidwai Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Kalyanpur, Arya Nagar, Swaroop Nagar etc. Listened to the story related to Karva Chauth fast. They paid obeisance by passing the puja plate to each other and also took blessings by touching their feet. Women performed mass worship in many apartments.
broke fast by making video call
Those whose husbands were out of town made a video call and broke their fast after seeing their husbands. Geetika of Swaroop Nagar said that her husband Kaushal is a software engineer in Delhi. He had to get his first appointment done but could not come.
In such a situation, he had darshan by making a video call and broke his fast. Similarly, Saumya, Deepti of Panki, Geetika of Aryanagar, Varuni’s husband also work in other cities. He could not come to this special occasion. So he was forced to make a video call and seek his blessings. He had sent the gift online.