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Chhath Puja 2024: Devotees observe strict fasts and offer prayers to the Sun God and Chhathi Maiya to seek blessings for their children and families.
This year Chhath Puja will be celebrated from November 5 to November 8. (Image: Shutterstock)
Chhath Puja, one of the most significant Hindu festivals, is celebrated annually, six days after Diwali. The festival is primarily observed in Bihar, Jharkhand, eastern Uttar Pradesh, and parts of West Bengal. Chhath Puja holds immense religious and social significance, as devotees follow the rituals for the well-being of their children and families.
The festive day is dedicated to the Sun God, or Surya Dev, who is believed to be the source of life on Earth, and his sister Shashti Devi, who is popularly known as Chhathi Maiya.
This year, the festival will be commemorated from November 5 to November 8. During this period, devotees observe strict fasts and offer prayers to the Sun God and Chhathi Maiya to seek blessings for their children and families.
The Chhath festivities commence with the ritual of Nahay Khay, performed two days before Chhath Puja. This includes rituals such as taking a holy dip in a nearby water body. The celebrations culminate with the offering of ‘Arghya’ to the rising sun.
Chhath Puja is celebrated on the Sasthi Tithi, or sixth day, of Shukla Paksha in the month of Kartik, as per the Hindu calendar.
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To help you out during the Puja rituals, here we’ve mentioned a full list of commonly used essential puja samagri for Chhath Puja. Take a look:
Chhath Puja Puja Samagri
1. Buy new clothes for everyone in the house, especially for the one who is fasting during Chhath Puja
2. Two large bamboo baskets to keep offerings in Chhath Puja, or dawri.
3. Coconut filled with water
4. A glass, lota and plate to preserve milk and Ganga water for Arghya to the Sun
5. Rice for the offerings
6. 12 lamps or diya
7. Leafy sugarcane stems
8. Sindoor: Particularly in orange or yellow colour for applying tilak
9. Kumkum: In red colours for applying tilak
10. Sandalwood Paste (Chandan): To apply on the forehead
11. Incense sticks and camphor (dhoop and kapur) for fragrance
12. Flowers to offer to Surya Dev during the puja ceremony
13. Banana, apple, water chestnut, turmeric, radish, ginger plant, sweet potato and suthni (yam species)
14. Honey and sweets
15. Jaggery: Instead of sugar jaggery is used to make the offerings to Chhathi Maiya like thekua.
16. Wheat and rice flour
17. Gangajal and milk
18. Big Sweet lemon: Large sweet lemons are used as the offerings
19. Aarti Plate
20. Ghanti: A small bell used during the puja
21. Ghee
22. Diyas made of wheat flour
23. Earthen pots
24. Puffed rice or murmure
25. Pomegranate
26. Cardamom powder
27. Red cloth for covering the pot and other item
28. White flowers
29. Dates or khajoor
30. Vrat Katha Book
Have a happy and safe Chhath Puja 2024.
