Atla Tadde, a regional festival of Andhra Pradesh, is observed on the third day after Ashwayuja Pournami, Ashwayuja Ashukla Thadiya. In 2025, Atla Thadde date is October 9.
This festival is a Telugu equivalent of Karva Chauth, a prominent festival of North India. This vratam is mainly performed by married women for their marital bliss and wellness of their husbands. Unmarried women perform Gauri Puja and celebrate the festival with utmost fervor to be blessed with a good and caring husband and great married life.
The important rituals and customs during Atla Thadde are – applying Gorintaku or Maidaku (Mehandi) on palms, having Atlu with specially made chutneys and swinging in Uyyala (swinging seat).
Atla Thaddi in other countries
Atla Thaddi in USA – October 9, 2025
Atla Thaddi in Canada – October 9, 2025
Atla Thaddi in UAE & other Gulf, Middle East countries – October 9, 2025
Atla Thaddi in UK & European countries – October 9, 2025
Atla Thaddi in Singapore – October 9, 2025
Atla Thaddi in Malaysia – October 9, 2025
Atla Thaddi in Australia – October 9, 2025
Atla Thaddi in New Zealand – October 9, 2025
Atla Thaddi in Fiji – October 9, 2025
Meaning and significance
The name combines అట్లు (Atlu), meaning rice flour pancakes or dosas, and తదీయ (Thaddi/Tadiya), meaning third day, signifying the day when women eat these special dosas after fasting.
Married women fast all day without food or water, praying for the health, longevity, and prosperity of their husbands, while unmarried girls pray for a good husband.
The fast is broken only after sighting the moon, when women offer prayers and partake of small dosas offered to the moon and shared with close kin.
Rituals and practices
The day starts with a ritualistic bath. Women prepare and eat a pre-dawn meal with their mother-in-law called sargi.
They keep a nirjala fast throughout the day and spend the evening in worship of Goddess Gauri and the Moon with offerings of అట్లు (Atlu), curd, white flowers, and lighted lamps.
The fast is broken after moonrise by viewing the moon and husband through a sieve, then eating the Atlu dosas.
It is a communal celebration involving married women and close relatives, strengthening bonds and marital devotion.
Legendary background
According to legend, sage Narada advised Goddess Gauri to perform Atla Thaddi to obtain Lord Shiva as a husband, emphasizing devotion and penance.
Another story involves a woman named Kaveri whose fast was broken mistakenly, affecting her marriage prospects; she rectified it by observing the fast properly next time and was blessed with a good husband.
Atla Thaddi reflects the regional cultural parallel to Karva Chauth, with unique local customs centered on dosas (Atlu) and dedicated to marital bliss and husband’s well-being.
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