KARADAIYAN NOMBU - 14th March 2020 ( Saturday
Karadayan Nonbu is a festival of
fasting [vratham] wherein married
Tamil women pray for the well-being and longevity of their husbands. According
to tradition, this nonbu will be performed
exactly at the time when tamil month of Maasi ends and the
following month of Panguni begins.
The background behind this fasting that Sathi Savithri fought with Yama to save her husbands
life on this day. Similarly, married women fast on this auspicious day for the
long life of their husbands.
The speciality of this nonbu is the nivedyam. The nivedyam of this fasting is the Karadayan Nonbu Adai with butter along with betel leaves (vetrilai), arecanut (pakku), banana (pazham) and coconut.
Yellow
strings are worn by the womenfolk of the house. In each string a small flower
is tied up; one string is worn on the Kamakshi amman picture while the other strings are
worn by the women in the house.
The
prayer 'Urugadha Vennayam oru adayum vaithu nonbu notren oru nallum en kanavar piriyamal iruka vendum' is chanted while wearing the string.
Even young girls of more than one year old are allowed to wear these strings to
get the blessings of the Goddess. E-Touch wish all our Hindu Sumangali Women folks a happy long married life and pray for the well
being of their husbands which is the main goal of the viratham.
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