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Saturday, 23 April 2016

VARANASI Picture no 51

LIME-VILLA ON GANGA GHAT VARANASI INDIA is a guest house it is booked from airbnb.com by people all over the globe.

tHERE IS A CUSTOM CALLED "KARWA-CHAUTH"

This festival or custom is in November or late October every year.Women fast for their lovers and husbands all day.In the evening they dress-up beautifully and wait for the moon. Then she looks first at the moon and second at their husband who in turn breaks her fast by giving her water with a brass pot held with both his hands.
This is believed to help him to have a long and prosperous life.

This is originally a punjabi custom but now spreading to the whole country.

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