BHADARWAH: To observe age-old tradition and to take blessings of Lord Shiva and Parvati while celebrating ‘Kanchouth’ festival, early morning women folk of Bhadarwah and its adjoining areas were seen moving towards their respective Temples on Saturday.
The main programmes were reported from Kotli, Ghata, Khakhal, Gupt Ganga, Chinote and other temples of the area.
Like Karwa Chouth that is celebrated in plains, Kanchouth is celebrated in this hilly Bhadarwah area. Both festivals are celebrated by women to pray for long-life of their husbands and in both, style is almost same. The only difference is the timing. Where as Kanchouth falls in winters, Karwa Chouth is celebrated during summer.
According to a woman Rekha Kour of Kotli Bhadarwah, on Karwa Chouth women break their fast when the moon appears, while as in case of Kanchouth the fast is broken after Gouri Pooja during the day.
To celebrate this occasion with full of tradition,ladies dressed in their best suits(mostly red) and ornaments gather at their nearby water bodies, where they perform pooja and then sing Bhajan and dance one by one.
Ladies also offer ‘Thel'(respect) to one and all, irrespective of creed and caste; age and sex and get in return their blessings ‘Suhagan Bho'(live long your husband).
On the occasion, the ladies are supposed to take food in every house they visit.
In some cases it so happens that they have to take their meals in scores of houses each day. In the night ladies gather, sing Ghurai (Bhajan) and dance at their tune. During these three days the kitchen is managed by husbands.
While speaking to media some women including Rekha Devi, Seva Devi, Asha Devi, Shalu Devi, Rekha Kour, Aruna Kour, Anju Bala and Rakhi Devi informed that this festival is celebrated as anniversary of Shiv-Parvati Marriage and like Karwa Chouth women of Bhadarwah fast today to take blessings of Shiv-Parvati and seek long life for their husbands.
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