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Karwa Chauth is a fast undertaken by married Hindu women who offer prayers seeking the welfare, prosperity, well-being, and longevity of their husbands. This festival requires a through planning before the actual date and the following list of items can prove to be handful, especially for women who are doing their first Karva Chauth vrat.

Food Items

• Sargi: which includes pheni (a sweet made of milk and semolina), a dish made of some cereal like parantha , sweets and fruits

• Ten matthis with ten puas (a sweet made of jaggery)
• Halwa

Sringar or Beauty Essential Items

• Mehndi (Henna) on palms and feet.
• Colourful glass bangles.
• Makeup items like Bindi, sindoor, lipstick, rouge, kajal, eye-liner, mascara etc.
• Jewelry – Mangalsutra, maangtika, rings, bangles, necklace, earrings, payal, toe-rings, nosepin etc.

Cloth Items

• Baya (gifts for the mother-in-law – ideally, a sari)
• A set of new clothes

Puja Items

• Platform for the puja
• Cowdung to make the image of the goddess
• Tika
• Nath
• Sindur
• A strand of red thread
• Karva (vessel containing water)
• A plate
• Cash
• Other Puja items