Shri Swama Gauri Vrat is Coming in 18 Sapetember 2012.This Festival is wide celebration in Karnataka.
For this festival the daughters of the house are invited along with their spouses and gifts are given.
For the festival an idol of Gowri is bought along with the idol of Ganesha.
Materials needed for this are:-
haldhi kumkum,
flowers,
Pathri,
geja vastra,
gandha
friuts etc for naividya.
Keep a thread yellowed with turmeric and with nine knots also ready. One for all the savashnis called Dhora.This Vrat is known as Hartalika Vrat in North India. Gowri Habba and its rituals are of South Indian origin and is observed mainly in Karnataka. Swarna means ‘gold’ and in the ritual a golden image of Goddess Parvati is worshipped along with Shivling.
In many places a clay idols of Goddess Gowri and Lord Ganesha is worshipped on this day. It is later immersed in a pond.
There is an interesting legend involving Swarna Gowri Vratam and Ganesh Chaturthi. It is believed that Goddess Parvati comes to earth to answer the prayers of married and unmarried women during Swarna Gauri Vratam. Gowri Vrat day is followed by the Ganesh Chaturthi day. Hindus believe that Lord Shiva sends Ganesha to fetch his mother from earth.
