Indian women gear up to celebrate Karva Chauth; see picsHenna holds a lot of cultural significance in Indian traditions. Be it weddings, festivals, Karva Chauth or any other occasion, mehendi is adorned by women in times of happiness and festivity. While all the businesses have been striving hard for recovering their business since the Covid-19 lockdown, local mehendi artists are slowly recovering as women in large numbers are thronging markets to get mehendi applied on their hands and feet.
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Indian women gear up to celebrate Karva Chauth; see pics
Women get their hands decorated with henna for the eve of the Karva Chauth in Amritsar. Married women fast one whole day and offer prayers to the moon for the welfare, prosperity, and longevity of their husbands. Credit: AFP Photo
A married woman gets her hands decorated with henna on the eve of the Karva Chauth festival in Amritsar. Credit: AFP Photo
Women pose for a photo after getting mehendi applied on their hands in Jammu. Credit: PTI Photo
Women apply henna on their hands on the eve of 'Karva Chauth' festival in Kolkata. Credit: PTI Photo