Married women fast one whole day without food or water for the long life of their husbands. The ritual signifies extreme love and devotion to the husband, as evidenced by the wife's willingness to suffer for his well being. Karva chauth is an epitome of a woman's unconditional love for her husband and her belief that her sacrifice will give longevity to her beloved better half.
On this occasion, giving and receiving of Karva Chauth cards is obvious especially among the couples to flaunt away the feeling of love and care for each other. Apart from traditional custom ranging from women wearing bright new clothes and fast the whole day for the long lives of their husbands, the recent trend also include exchanging greetings cards. This can be given to the married woman by her husband or in-laws, or from her own parents and friends.
As this traditional festival is not only celebrated in largely agrarian, male-dominated states like Punjab and Uttar Pradesh but also in relatively liberal metropolitan cities like Delhi and Mumbai, thousands of greetings cards are exchanged that make up the event. Greeting card companies make a big business with cards specially designed for the occasion.
Karwa Chauth E-Cards
On karva Chauth, most shops come out with beautiful greetings cards and website displays fabulous e-cards, all designed specially for the festive occasion of Karva Chauth. Thus, in spite of not being a must part of the rituals, nowadays greetings card hold their specific place during the festive season of Karva Chauth.
Sparkling Karva Chauth e-cards brighten up the Karva Chauth celebrations of the people. Online Karva chauth cards are in fashion and these e-cards have made the exchange of Karva Chauth greetings so easy. Many social networking sites provide e-cards to their users and that without any cost which they can send to their loved ones as a mark of Karva Chauth wishes and make feel their heart felt emotions.