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Karadaiyan Nonbu festival falls at the meeting point of the months Masi and Panguni. It is a vrata, observed by the married women for increasing the longevity of their husbands and by the unmarried women for seeking an ideal partner in life.
Karadaiyan Nombu 2017-date and time
March 14Th Tuesday, is the day Karadaiyan Nonbu is observed in 2017. It should be observed between 4.30 pm to 5.00 pm on this day. Those who observe fast should start their vow at the sunrise and after doing thoraka pooja and karadai neivedyam, they can break their fast and eat karadai.காரடையான் நோன்பு செவ்வாயன்று நிகழ்வதால் (ராகு காலம் 3 to 4.30 PM ) , மாலை 4.30க்குள் அனைத்து ஏற்பாடுகளையும் முன்னதாகவே தயார் செய்து வைத்துக் கொண்டு, மாலை 4.30 to 4.45க்குள் (புதஹோரையில்) பூஜை செய்து சரடு கட்டிக்கொள்ள வேண்டும். மாலை 4.50 ஐத் தாண்டக் கூடாது. ஏனெனில் 4.53 க்கு பங்குனி மாதம் பிறந்துவிடும்.
What is Karadaiyan Nonbu?
Karadaiyan Nonbu, otherwise known as Savitri Nonbu Vratam is a ritual wherein women pray to Goddess Gowri or Parvathi for marital bliss, longevity of husbands and prosperity of children. Suppose unmarried women observe this vow, they pray for a husband who will stay with them till the end and take care of them in every moment of their life, be it happiness or sorrow.Karadaiyan Nonbu is a Tamil festival and is also observed in other southern states like Andra Pradesh and Karnataka.
Karadai is the dish made of wild rice which is offered as neivedhyam on this day that this nonbu has been named as Karadaiyan Nonbu.
When is Karadaiyan Nonbu observed?
Karadaiyan Nonbu is observed at the exact meeting point of the Tamil months Masi and Panguni, be it midnight, late night or mid-afternoon. Women observe fasting from the sunrise and break their fast at the time when Masi ends and Panguni starts. It is also the time when there is Meena Sankranti or Sankramanam, that is, when the Sun transits from Kumbha rasi to Meena rasi.
How to observe Karadaiyan Nombu?As mentioned above, Karadaiyan Nonbu fasting should be observed from the sunrise till the time Masi ends and Panguni starts. Karadai nonbu adai is the neivedhyam for the nonbu and it is prepared as a sweet with jaggery and also as a savoury with salt. At the time of the dawn of Panguni month, women pray to Goddess Gowri, meditate on Savitri, wear a yellow cotton thread around their neck and break their fast by eating the karadai with butter. If you want to read how to do Karadaiyan Nombu pooja in Tamil ,visit here.
Karadaiyan nombu Slokam
When the women do pooja, they take the sankalpam like this
சங்கல்பம்
மம தீர்க்கசௌமங்கல்ய அவாப்த்யர்த்தம்
மம பர்த்துச்ச அன்யோன்ய ப்ரீதி பரஸ்பரம் அவியோகார்த்தம்
காமாக்ஷி பூஜாம் கரிஷ்யே.
த்யானம்
ஏகாம்பர நாத தயிதாம் காமாக்ஷீம் புவனேஸ்வரீம்
த்யாயாமி ஹ்ருதயே தேவீம் வாஞ்சிதார்த்த ப்ரதாயிநீம்
காமாக்ஷீம் ஆவாஹயாமி.
When they tie the manjal saradu, the women chant that following mantra
நோன்புச்சரடு மந்திரம்
தோரம் க்ருஹ்ணாமி சுபகே ஸஹாரித்ரம் தராம்யஹம்
பர்துஹு ஆயுஷ்ய ஸித்யர்த்தம் சுப்ரீதா பவ ஸர்வதா
Throram Krishhnami subhake saharitham Dharami aham
Bharthu Ayushya Sidhartham supreethabhava sarvadha
Women chant the following in Tamil
உருகாத வெண்ணையும் ஓரடையும் நான் நூற்றேன்
ஒருக்காலும் என் கணவர் என்னை விட்டு பிரியாதிருக்க வேண்டும்'
Urukaddha Venneyum oradhayam naan nootren
Orukkalum en kanavar ennai vittu pririyadhirukka vendum
The meaning of the verse is that I offer butter and adai made of karaarisi. Bless me that I live with my husband happily without separation. The karadai serves to be prasada for husband and others.
Karadaiyan Nonbu story
Savitri was the daughter of Arasapathi. She wanted to marry Satyavan who was living in the nearby forest. Her father was unwilling at first and budged in the end due to the persistence of Savitri. She liked Satyavan’s devotion to his parents and also knew through Narada Muni that Satyavan would meet his death in the next year and would not live anymore. Even then Savitri decided to marry Satyavan.
After marriage, Savitri came to know that her father in law was asking who was deposed and was living in the forest. She was taking care of the family, praying to Goddess Gowri and was offering durva grass and pepal leaves to the goddess.
She offered wild rice (kaara arisi) and tur dhal as neivedhyam to the deity. (That is why this nonbu is known as Karadaiyan Nonbu as women offer karadai made of wild rice as neivedhyam to Gowri.)
The next day Savitri followed Satyavan in the forest. When he was felling a tree, Satyavan swooned and was on the verge of death. Savitri understood that it was time for him to die and Yama, the Lord of Death appeared there to wrest the life of Satyavan. As he was journeying with the soul of Satyavan, Savitri followed Yama who at first did not recognise the seriousness of her pursuit thinking that she would go back after some time.
But Savitri persisted and the tricks of Yama to send her back were in vain. Appreciating her persistence and devotion to husband, Yama said that he would grant three boons to her but she should not ask for her husband’s life.
Well, the first boon was a son for the father of Savitri. The second one was reinstating her father in law as the king. Read more...
Click here to read Karadaiyan Nombu story in Tamil.