Benefits For Wives
Gift giving on Karwa Chauth is an expression of love between men and women. This is certainly a day of great excitement for newly married Hindu brides. The reason being that all family members and relatives give the utmost importance to the young bride and not just that, even her mother-in-law showers blessings of blissful married life and gives the wife loads of Karwa Chauth gifts.
- A Day Off From Cooking– The mother in law goes to the extent of preparing a pre- dawn Karwa Chauth meal for the daughter-in law which contains several delicious and sumptuous dishes and is known as ‘Sargi’. The newly wed bride is gifted traditional bridal jewelry and expensive gift items.
- Gifts Galore- Another Gift by the Mother– in– law is the ‘Baya’ which consists of eatables like salted mathris, dry fruit and other gifts related to marital use. On the first KarwaChauth, mothers present gifts to all the members in the daughter’s new family.
- Shower Of Gifts- Aha! – The most important thing of the day, however, is watching husbands express their love with gifts. Considering that she observed an entire fast for her husband, it seems only fair that he makes up for it by overloading her with a variety of gifts and accolades. Husbands are well aware that the gift they give their wife on this occasion should be grand as it will remain a possession for a lifetime. Perhaps saying women are the only ones struggling may not be entirely fair as men also engage in a stressful, though- provoking process to come up with a gift that will not leave him sleeping on the couch for the night so perhaps, on this day, we should cut the men some slack too.
