Chhath Puja

महत्व · Significance

Chhath Puja is a four-day observance in honour of Surya Dev and Chhathi Maiya, kept with particular devotion in Bihar, Jharkhand and eastern Uttar Pradesh. The date shown is the main day, on which arghya is offered to the setting sun; arghya to the rising sun follows the next morning.

It begins with Nahay Khay and Kharna, and the fast kept through it is strict and without water.

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