Common rituals of Karva Chauth include eating a pre-dawn meal called sargi, fasting without food or water until moonrise, applying mehendi (henna) body art, gathering around to listen to folk tales related to the fast (vrat katha), offering arghya (libation) to the Moon, and conducting prayers with ceremonial items such as lamps, fruits, and coconuts.
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