indorefasting the entire day for the health and prosperity of their husbands citybased women celebrated karwa chauth in a grand manner on thursdayowing to the pandemic celebrations in the previous two years had been dull and to make up for the previous years several parties were organised by different womens clubs and kitty groups in the city ritu khanuja who along with her friends decided to outdo their prepandemic records and ensured getting henna applied under one roof to make the celebrations look grandit turned out to be more like a carnival with several fun games throughout the evening she added the day ticked off during the wee hours for majority of the married women who got up early for the sargi which consists of fruits sweets dryfruits and other eatables handed over to them by their motherinlaw and baya which comprises of clothes jewellery etc from mother sargi has to be consumed before sunrise therefore i ensured waking up early as this is our first karwa chauth although my husband is in goa the two of us decided to fast aishani sharma told toi this festival which at one point was celebrated predominantly by a few communities is now prevalent among the christians and muslims households toobeauty parlours remained open till late at night to entertain customers for their final touch ups as this year many women especially the newly married ones ensured seeking professional help for makeup moreover this year the social media platforms flooded with selfies videos and longs emotional posts especially by the newly weds who were celebrating their first or second karwa chauth together