Atla Tadde
Atla Tadde is a festival celebrated by both unmarried and married Hindu women, mainly in Andhra Pradesh,Telangana, India. Unmarried women pray for a good husband, while married women pray for the health and long life of their husbands. It occurs on the third night after the full moon in the month of Aswiyuja in the Telugu calendar, which falls in either September or October in the Gregorian calendar. It is the Telugu equivalent of Karva Chauth, which is celebrated by North Indian women the following day.
Ritual
Telugu Hindu women commemorate Atla Tadde by fasting for a day without food or water. They perform a pūja evening, and break their fast by eating small aṭlu after gazing at the moon.Following are customs in some places of Andhra PradeshTelangana, India:
- This festival is celebrated by women and children.
- On eve of this day, they apply Gorintaku on their palms.
- Women and children wake up in the early morning before the sunrise, and have suddi with perugu and Gongura chutney.
- Unmarried girls and children will play on the streets singing Atla Tadde Songs after having suddi until sun rises.
- People bathe in the river, swing in the Uyyala. They play and enjoy the day.
- People watch the reflection of the Moon in nearby pond or lake after the sunrise welcoming the day.
- Pootarekulu
- Kudumulu
- 11 small Dosas
- Toranam for hand
...istinamma vanayam
...puchukunna amma vayanam
...mummatiki ichindamma vayanam andinchinamma vayanam
...mummatiki muttindamma vayanam andindamma vayanam
...vayanam puchukunna vanita evaro
...ne ne namma gowri parvati
and they then break the fast along with you by having all the dishes made and some also make sweet called temanam and take home those atlu and eat later with family members.
Pooja ceremony:
- Prepare kalasham on rice, coins
- Make pasupu ganapathi
- Gauri ashtotram
- Lalitha harathi/gauri harathi
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