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Karva Chauth

Also called: Karwa Chauth, Karak Chaturthi

A wife's fast from dawn to moonrise on the fourth of the waning moon of Kartika, broken after seeing the moon through a sieve.

Sources: Karva Chauth, Wikipedia · see Karva Chauth's web

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Parvati (Consort) Shaiva · The moon in the peepal tree (Veeravati)
Worshipped with Shiva, Ganesha and Kartikeya at the evening puja.
Veeravati (Mortal) Folk · The moon in the peepal tree (Veeravati)
Her story is read on the afternoon of the fast.
Karva (Mortal) Folk · Karva and the crocodile
The fast is told as named after her.

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