There will be bumper business on Karwa Chauth
There is a lot of excitement in the markets across the country including Delhi regarding shopping on Karva Chauth and there is a possibility that this time the business of Karva Chauth across the country will be more than Rs 15 thousand crores. In Delhi alone, business worth more than Rs 1,500 crore is expected to be done on Karva Chauth. Although Karva Chauth is a women’s festival, now men have also started fasting on Karva Chauth to support their wives.
National President of Confederation of All India Traders (CAT) BC Bhartia and National General Secretary Praveen Khandelwal told that the festival of Karva Chauth is on 1st November. In India, this festival is a symbol of good luck and married women keep a fast on this day and pray for the long life of their husbands and break their fast by darshan and worshiping the moon at night. During the day, women worship Karva Devi and pray for the long life of their husbands and happiness of their family by telling the story of Karva Mata.
fully decorated market
For the past several days, there has been a huge rush of women in the markets of Delhi and the country for the holy festival of Karva Chauth and now when only two days are left for this festival, today and tomorrow people will come to the markets to celebrate the big festival of Karva Chauth. A large number of women will come to the markets for this, for which shopkeepers have made a lot of preparations on a large scale and the markets are completely decorated. Bhartia and Khandelwal told that on Karva Chauth, everything from jewellery, clothes, make-up material, sarees, puja calendar and puja materials including Karva, sieve, lamp, flower sticks and other puja related materials will be purchased. Most of the women also buy katha books and lamps, apart from this, various types of karve thali including red glass bangles, toe rings, anklets, lockets and bangles are purchased as makeup items. This time, karvas made of silver are also available in the market, the demand for which is expected to be high.
Henna also has bumper business
In the worship of Karva Chauth, pure ghee, Ganga water, rice, sweets, red Mahavar (color), comb, bindi, bangles, Mehndi Chunari, a photo of Shiva-Parvati and Lord Ganesha, book of fast story, clay or cow for making Deepak Gauri. Cow dung, wheat, water pot, raw milk, kumkum, incense sticks, fruits and flowers etc. are kept. Khandelwal also told that applying mehendi on the festival of Karva Chauth is considered very auspicious and hence there is a huge business of mehendi across the country. People applying mehendi sit in markets, temples and other public places and there is a line of women who want to get mehendi applied by them. Hanuman Temple located at Connaught Place in Delhi is a place where thousands of women get mehendi applied on their hands.
