The festival of Chhath Puja is celebrated with great pomp in Bihar and Jharkhand. In this festival all the devotees worship Sun God and Chhathi Maiya. The festival begins with Nahay-Khay, which ends after Usha Arghya. This festival lasts for 4 days. According to religious experts, this fast is very difficult. Therefore, only people who are in good health should observe the fast. According to religious belief, every wish of the people observing fast on this festival is fulfilled by the grace of Sun God and Chhathi Maiya.
The festival of Chhath Puja is celebrated a few days after Diwali. All devotees will keep fast for 36 hours during Chhath Puja festival. According to the Hindu calendar, Chhath festival will start on 13th November this year, after which the festival will end on 16th November. Now the question arises that on which day what rituals will be performed in the Chhath Puja festival. Along with this the question arises that what is the importance of Chhath Puja festival. Let us know.
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When to celebrate Chhath?
According to the Hindu calendar, Chhath festival is celebrated every year from Chaturthi Tithi to Saptami Tithi of Shukla Paksha of Kartik month. For this reason, Chhath festival will be celebrated from 13th November to 16th November this year.
Bathing and eating-13 November
Kharna-14 November
Sandhya Arghya i.e. Arghya to the setting sun– Nov 15
Usha Arghya means offering prayers to the rising sun. 16 November
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How is Chhath festival celebrated?
Bathing and eating-Chhath festival will start with Nahay-Khay. All the devotees observing fast on this day will take bath early in the morning. After this, we will clean the kitchen and prepare pure food. On this day all the devotees will eat pumpkin vegetable, gram dal and rice. From this day onwards people give up Tamasic food. Instead, people observing fast eat once a day.
Kharna-This time 14th November will be the second day of Chhath festival. This day is known as Kharna and Lohanda. The devotees who have observed the fast observe Nirjala fast for the whole day on Kharna. Then in the evening, prepare jaggery kheer and roti. After this, water is offered to the Sun God in the evening. Then eat kheer and roti.
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Evening Arghya-On 15th November, all the devotees will stand on the banks of any holy river or ghat and offer Arghya to the setting Sun God. On this day, all the devotees offer Arghya by placing Thekua and fruits in bamboo soup. Along with this, all the devotees wish for the happiness and prosperity of their family.
Usha Arghya-Usha Arghya is offered on the last day of Chhath festival, when all the devotees worship the rising Sun God. This year, the rising Sun God will be worshiped on 16th November. After offering Arghya, all the devotees break the fast by eating Chhath Prasad.
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Importance of Chhath Puja
Through the festival of Chhath, all the devotees express their gratitude to the Sun God who gives light to the earth. Along with this, it is believed in religious folklore that when Lord Ram and Mother Sita came to Ayodhya after 14 years of exile, then Mother Sita came to Bihar, where she observed Chhath fast.
Note: This article is based on religious beliefs and calculations. We do not confirm this.