Happy MOnTh OF sharwan =D

We are now in the highly auspicious month of Shravan in the Hindu calendar (that’s July/August). Shravan is a special month for Shiva, and is also a time for unmarried girls to mark certain observations to get celestial help in bagging themselves a decent husband. One of these is fasting on Mondays, the other is wearing green glass bangles for the whole month (or sometimes green and orange). For optimal effect, the bangles have to be worn through the whole month, and can only be removed on August 17th.

The month of Shravan is in its peak now. Regarded auspicious by the Hindu women, the month brings colour and cheers among the Nepali Hindu women. During this month, especially on Mondays of Shravan, women clad themselves in green and red coloured dresses and other accessories and do visit temples of Lord Shiva.

This is the month, girls and women all are excited about painting their hands red with mehandi or Henna. Likewise, the women also opt to load their hands with green and red colour glass bangles. All these are done during this month, regarded auspicious for the married women.

It is believed that fasting on Mondays is observed by unmarried women to get an ideal husband like god Shiva. And married women do it for long life of their husband.

With the start of Shravan, religious activities as well as women’s buying of things such as green clothes, beads, bangles and Mehandi goes on high.