| Festivals
The important Hindu festivals
of Uttar Pradesh are Navaratri, Diwali, Shivaratri, Raksha Bandhan and
Janmashtami
Karva Chauth:  This
festival falls on nine days after Dussehra, on the fourth day of
the dark fortnight of Kartika. Karva Chauth is held by married Hindu woman
for the safety and prosperity of their husbands. The day is spent
in complete fasting till the rise of the moon and it is worshipped by
women. Four days later, is the festival of Ahoi Astami, when women fast
and pray for the welfare of their children. Followed five days later,
by a series of festivals culminating in Diwali, the festival of lights
on Kartika Amavasya.
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