Karwa Chauth is a day-long fast kept for a spouse's long life, broken only after sighting the moon through a sieve. Its older layer is the vrata tradition: discipline held voluntarily as an expression of love, not obligation.
Source: Vrata tradition; the Savitri narrative, Mahabharata Vana Parva
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A vow willingly undertaken. Savitri's resolve to reclaim Satyavan from Yama is the epic's model of a vow kept out of love.
Honoured deity: Devi Parvati (Gauri), with Shiva, Ganesha and Chandra
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