- Cheti Chand
Celebrating the birth of the Avatar of god Water (Varun Devta) Sai Uderolal,
famous as Jhulelal. Much has been said and written about it
may need to talk about the event again. In Sindh the beginning of
New Year’s Eve was considered Cheti Chand. Some entrepreneurs have opened a new account
letters to Cheti Chand; many, however, did so on the night before Diwali. It’s full
on the day of the month, people used to go to the river or lake and offer ‘Aho’ a handful of rice
mixed with milk and flour. If there was no river or ‘Darya’, a ritual was performed
at the fountain. Even the Sindhi Sikhs go to temples or Gurudwaras, for Gugu Nanak’s
birthday also falls in Pūrnima. - Sagra (Holy rope) Sindhi Bhaibands usually resides in foreign countries;
therefore, their wives were always concerned about their good health
husbands. For this purpose they performed pooja and fasted on the four Mondays of
The moon of Sawan, after which they make pooja, spread the delicious rice and get it
a sacred cord tied to the wrist by a priest (Bandhan).
Mahalakshmi Holy Thread (Mahalakshmi-a-jo-Sagro) This sacred cord
it had 16 strips and 17 days. On the day when the sacred cord was to be loosed
it was celebrated as an important day with special savors like satpura as well
pakwan of Suji & Maida were made and distributed for the first time to the priests as well
poor and after that the remaining remnants were used by family members. - Fasting in Sindhis, usually on Mondays and Saturdays, Giyara or Umaas were
considered to be vrats. During Satyanarayan’s fasting period and nine days of
In Aanaas, only one meal was served. - Teejri
The ceremony took place in the month of Sawan when women and girls were married
paint their hands and feet with Mehndi, keep it fast all day, there
they used to play games, turn to Jhulas and sing love songs. Orthodox or strict
Sindhi women do not even drink water until they break their fast. In the program
on the night after making the offering to the moon, they were breaking the fast. This too
called the Sindhi version of the Karara Chauth [3] - Akhan Teej
In Sindh, Akshaya Tritiya is known as Akhandi celebrated in Vaisakha.
On this day new jars of water (mataka) were kept and everyone was kept
- AUnn-Matyo In the month of Sawan, in the Baaras of Krishna Paksha, grain
were modified in the diet, meaning that instead of wheat and rice, chapatis were made from gram flour
(Besan) was eaten. - Ban Badhri In the month of ‘Bado’, during the Baaras of Shukla Paksha,
the god Varun had taken a picture. Instead small insects like ants etc are fed
Gur (jaggery) and Musti. Married daughters are invited by their parents to a meal. - Somavati Umaas For some months the Umaas take place on Mondays. That
the day is considered important by having a “dumb dip” in water; without speaking
to anyone very early in the morning. It is also called, “Gungee Umaas”. - Nandhi and Vaddi Thadri Both of these things happened in the month of Sawan. On
On the day before the third day, people are cooking lola (delicious flour cakes) and rote (fried
cakes) because there should be no light in the house in Thadree
day. Lol and Rotes are eaten with curd or pickle. On that day drops of water
they are also sprinkled on a cooking fire to appease Sitladevi Mata. - Janamashtami, Ram Navmi and Shivratri Since Krishna was born in the background
at midnight, in Jananashtami, bhajans and kirtans were kept in the temples until midnight.
For Ram Navmi, the birthday of Lord Rama is celebrated. In Shivratri people drink
‘Thaadhal’ has another ‘bank’ in it, after donating it to Mahadev
the temple. In towns and cities, large ‘Taahri’ pots (sweet rice) are prepared
and they were scattered abroad. - Tirmoori On this holiday parents send ladoos & chiki (Laaee) made from Tils
to their married daughters. On the day of Makar Sankrant the sun moves from the south
in the north. Therefore it is also called ‘utraan’ or ‘Tirmoori’. In the battle of Mahabharat
Bisham Pitamah did not breathe for the last time until the ‘utraan’ from this day there
a bright light occurred in Dev Lok. - Dussehra A few days before Dussehra there was a plan by Ramlila
it was attended by crowds of people. On the day of Dussehra the effigies are colored
of Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Meghnath were burned. - Diyaaree Two days before Diwali, Sindhis begins to light Diyaas (clay lamps)
from ‘Dhan Teras’. The markets are full of potential buyers. Friends too
relatives reunite with love and increase fun too
sweetness. At night, Laxmi Poojan happened when all the members e
the family prays respectfully and respectfully. At night, people often took their own
The hands on which the iron rod was fastened were burned. It was called
‘Mollawaro’; everyone shouted ‘Mollawaro …. Mollawaro’ … - Kati Giyara Before the independence of Pakistan in 1947, on this day
The people of Sindh used to do charitable work. The whole bazaar will be
it was full of hundreds of beggars and the needy, who would spread the cloth before
to them, when the people, to the best of their ability, would throw money, Bhugra,
fruits etc. Jugglers used to organize their Tamashas on the street with monkeys
and bears dancing in tunes played by jugglers. Anxiety disorder
and gays prevailed all day. - Navratra These days devotees to Devi eat one meal a day and have not
even shaving and cutting hair. The ladies sang bhajans. In Nagarparkar they used to dance
offer clean and cool water. The significance of this day was to provide water
it is dry. So throughout the site and around the corner, the sharbat, with pieces of apple in it, was present
given to passers-by and ‘prasad’. On this day, and it was customary to
send new clay pots and fruit to the priests and Gurdwara.
SINDHIS INHABITAT IN INDIA
Although the Sindhi community is accompanied throughout India, it stands out
small (5-10%). living in various cities in India.
Maharashtra = Jalgaon, Ulhasnagar, Kalyan, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Dhule,
Aurangabad,
Gujrat =
Gandhidham, Surat, Rajkot, Adipur, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar,
Madhya Pradesh = Bhopal (Bairagarh), Indore, Jabalpur, Katni, Satna, Sagar, Rewa,
Maihar, Italy,
Chhatisgarh = Bilaspur, Raipur,
Rajasthan = Ajmer, Jaisalmer, Jaipur
South India = Banglore, Vijaywada, Hyderabad, Chennai,
Others = Delhi, Kolkatta, Chandigarh