Getting together for Karwa Chauth, a fasting festival, are Timaru friends Kate Wright, Daljeet Kaur, Ravinder Battu, Satwant Chahal, Ankita Sharma, Nancy Kaur and Parvati Devi. Seven married women fasted from before dawn to when the moon appeared in the sky during the Indian Karwa Chauth festival in the belief their husbands will now have a long life. BEJON HASWELL/ STUFF Married women friends from northern India who live in Timaru celebrate Karwa Chauth by fasting from before sunrise to when the moon appears. BEJON HASWELL/ STUFF Celebrating Karwa Chauth by fasting for their husbands' longevity are Daljeet Kaur, left, and Ravinder Battu with their husbands Gurwinder Singh and Akhil Battu. Gurwinder Singh married Daljeet Kaur three years ago and said he was not fasting but would maybe at next year's Karwa Chauth.

Source: Stuff October 19, 2019 23:37 UTC