Chhath (Hindi: छठ, also called Dala Chhath) is an ancient Hindu festival dedicated to Surya, the Hindu Sun God, and therefore is also known as Surya Shashti. The Chhath Puja is performed in order to thank Surya, the Sun God for sustaining life on earth and to request the granting of certain wishes. Sun, considered the god of energy and life-force, is worshiped during Chhath for well-being, prosperity and progress. In Hindu Mythology, Sun worship is believed to help cure a variety of diseases, including leprosy, and ensure longevity and prosperity of family members, friends, and elders.
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| - Chhath (Hindi: छठ, also called Dala Chhath) is an ancient Hindu festival dedicated to Surya, the Hindu Sun God, and therefore is also known as Surya Shashti. The Chhath Puja is performed in order to thank Surya, the Sun God for sustaining life on earth and to request the granting of certain wishes. Sun, considered the god of energy and life-force, is worshiped during Chhath for well-being, prosperity and progress. In Hindu Mythology, Sun worship is believed to help cure a variety of diseases, including leprosy, and ensure longevity and prosperity of family members, friends, and elders.
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| Significance
| - To thank Surya for bestowing the bounties of life on earth and fulfilling particular wishes
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| - --10-23
- --11-01
- --11-03
- --11-09
- --11-15
- --11-19
- --10-27
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- Kartik Shukla Shasti
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| - Prayers and religious rituals, including puja and prasad, bathing in the Ganges and Fasting
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| - Chhathi
- Dala Chhath
- Surya Shashti
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| - A group of Sakaldwipiya Brahmin performing morning puja to Surya.
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| - Cultural, Historical, Religious
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| - Chhath (Hindi: छठ, also called Dala Chhath) is an ancient Hindu festival dedicated to Surya, the Hindu Sun God, and therefore is also known as Surya Shashti. The Chhath Puja is performed in order to thank Surya, the Sun God for sustaining life on earth and to request the granting of certain wishes. Sun, considered the god of energy and life-force, is worshiped during Chhath for well-being, prosperity and progress. In Hindu Mythology, Sun worship is believed to help cure a variety of diseases, including leprosy, and ensure longevity and prosperity of family members, friends, and elders. The rituals of the festival are rigorous and are observed over a period of 4 days. They include the holy bathing, fasting and abstaining from drinking water (Vratta), Standing in water for long periods of time and offering prashad and aghrya to the setting and rising sun. Although it is obverved most elaborately in Bihar, Jharkhand and the Terai regions of Nepal, in modern times, this festival is celebrated in all regions and major urban centers in India. This is more prevalent in areas where migrants from the Bihar/Jharkhand/Purvanchal/Terai region have a presence. The festival in celebrated in the regions including but not exclusive to the northeast region of India, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat , Delhi, Mumbai and Mauritius.
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