Atla Tadde

Atla Tadde
Observed byTelugu Married Hindu women
TypeSpring festival of Goddess Gauri
BeginsAswiyuja
Date3rd night after the full moon in Aswiyuja month of Telugu calendar
Frequencyannual

Atla Tadde is a festival celebrated by Hindu women, mainly in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Unmarried women pray for a good husband, while married women pray for their husbands' health and long life. It occurs on the third night after the full moon in the month of Aswiyuja in the Telugu calendar, which falls in either September or October in the Gregorian calendar. It is the Telugu equivalent of Karva Chauth, which is celebrated by North Indian women the following day.