This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.(August 2011) |
Atla Tadde | |
---|---|
Observed by | Telugu Married Hindu women |
Type | Spring festival of Goddess Gauri |
Begins | Aswiyuja |
Date | 3rd night after the full moon in Aswiyuja month of Telugu calendar |
Frequency | annual |
Atla Tadde is a traditional festival celebrated by both unmarried and married Hindu women of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for getting a husband or for the health and long life of their husbands. It occurs on the 3rd night after the full moon in Aswiyuja month of Telugu calendar, and falls in either September or October in the Gregorian calendar.[1] It is the Telugu equivalent of Karva Chauth, which is celebrated by north Indian women the following day.