CHHAT PUJA: BELIEF AND MYTHS

 

Chhat puja is one of the most devotional and prominent festival celebrated in north east India such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Nepal. It’s a festival of purity, devotion and offering prayers to Sun God (Surya Dev), this festival is celebrated for four days and also prayers devoted to Sun God for supporting life on earth. Although it’s a festival of 36 hours continuous fasting, holy bathing, meditation while standing in the water and offer praying to the setting and rising sun. It’s celebrated at the sixth month of Karthika in the Vikram Samvat. According to Hindu religion it is believed that worshiping Sun God (Surya Dev) will keep the living on earth healed from several health conditions and provides longevity, positivity and prosperity among all. One of the chhat puja is also celebrated after the festival of Holi during summer time known as (Chaiti Chhat) but it is believed that chhat celebrated during Karthika month has more importance.  As per Hindu mythology chhat is associated from the time of Ramayan & Mahabharat, while returning to Ayodhya Lord Ram and his wife Sita observed a fast in honor of Surya Dev which is subsequently evolved in Chhat puja also if we talk about Mahabharata then it is believed that character Karna the son of Kunti & Surya Dev, usually use to offer prayer to his father Surya Dev while standing in the water not only one character but another story mentions how Draupadi and Pandavas also performed the same ritual to get back their Kingdom. In most of the Hindu religion it is also believed that more than many aspects are related and associated to chhat puja. Chhat Puja revolves around these four main days of Nahay-Khay(Day-1), Kharna(Day-2), Sandhya-argh(Day-3) and at the end Bihaniya Argh(Day-4) . All the way every festival has its own value and culture which represent the true beauty & culture of India.





--Megha Gupta

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  1. Aditya Bharat23 November 2022 at 18:28

    Ye sirf ek bihar ka festival "tha" jise politically famous kiya jaa raha hai.

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