Women are often viewed as the keepers of tradition, responsible for passing down values, language, and rituals to the next generation. Spirituality: Daily life often includes religious rituals (
The kitchen is traditionally the woman's domain. Cooking is intertwined with purity/pollution rules (e.g., preparing prasad for gods, fasting rituals like Karva Chauth ). The lifestyle involves waking before dawn, drawing rangoli (floor art), and serving food to the family before eating herself. In joint families, the elder woman (mother-in-law) wields significant domestic authority. Women are often viewed as the keepers of