Indian Hindu Woman Has Her Hands Painted With Henna For Celebration Of “Karwa Chauth”

作者: The AsiaN Editor on 2 November , 2012.
类别: All, Asia, Culture, Multimedia, News, Photo, South Asia

An Indian Hindu woman dries her hands after getting traditional designs painted on her hands with henna ahead of “Karwa Chauth” in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Karwa Chauth is a traditional Hindu festival celebrated in northern India where married women fast one whole day and offer prayers to the moon for the welfare, prosperity, and longevity of their husbands.

An Indian Hindu couple shop for bangles ahead of Hindu festival “Karwa Chauth” in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. <AP/NEWSis/Saurabh Das>