Karva Chauth

Karva Chauth or Karwa Chauth or Karaka Chaturthi is a Hindu festival celebrated by Hindu women of Northern India, Western India and Nepal in October or November on the Bikram Sambat month of Kartika. Like many Hindu festivals, Karva Chauth is based on a lunisolar variant of the Hindu Calendars. The festival falls on the fourth day of the waning phase of the moon.

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HENNAHAND

The art of mehndi — natural henna paste, patterns, and staining that lasts.

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