Chhath Mahaparva begins with taking bath: Devotees take a dip in the Ganges in Patna, crowds of Chhathvratis gather at the ghats

Chhath fasting is immersed in the Ganges.

The festival of Sun worship has started with the worship of Chhath Puja taking bath from Friday. Apart from the people who perform Chhath Puja, there is a lot of enthusiasm among the common people regarding this. On the first day of the bath, the devotees who observe Chhath fast at several ghats of Patna start the puja by taking a dip in the Ganges. On this occasion, a large crowd of men and women were seen fasting at the ghats.

All the Chhath devotees present at the ghat told that Chhath, the great festival of folk faith, is very important for them and she keeps waiting for it every year. At the same time, Chhath Prati Geeta Devi told that she has been observing Chhath fast with great faith for the last 25 years. The same Mita Kumari along with her asked the Sun God for the whole country and said that Chhathi Maiya should save the whole country from an epidemic like Corona and keep everyone healthy.

Chhath Vratis told that Chhath, the great festival of folk faith, is very important for them.

Let us tell you that Chhath Puja, which lasts for 4 days and the festival of faith, has started from Friday. After the Corona period for two consecutive years, this year, a lot of enthusiasm is being seen among the people on the occasion of Chhath Puja. The songs of Chhath playing in loudspeakers have made the whole atmosphere devotional. Along with the Chhath Ghats in the urban and rural areas, including the capital Patna, roads are also being cleaned for fasting women. Chhath Ghats are also being decorated with colorful lights. Idols of the Sun God are being installed at many places. Keeping in mind the crowd at the Ganges Ghats in Chhath festival, many people have started preparing for Chhath Puja by making artificial Ganga on the roof of their house.

Chhath fasting worships Lord Surya Narayan.

It is believed that the discussion of Chhath festival as the greatest festival in Sanatan Dharma has been written in golden letters in the pages of history. It is said that the men and women who observe a fast on this, have darshan of Lord Bhaskar and worship him and pray to him to fulfill their wishes.

importance of eating

The first day of Chhath Puja starts with taking a bath. On this day, women wake up early in the morning and take a bath and take a vow to fast before the Sun God. It is believed that on the day of having a bath, Chhath fasting consumes sattvik food. On this day, gourd or pumpkin curry is prepared in every house as Prasad. Rock salt is used in the food prepared during this time. Only after the prasad of Chhath Vrati is received, other members of the family accept the prasad.

Preparation of Ghats also completed

The preparations have been almost completed at the Ghat of Patna and good arrangements have been made here for Chhath Vratis. The construction work of 59 Chhath Ghats of Patna Municipal Corporation area is going on on a war footing. Changing rooms are being built at the Ghats for Chhath Vratis. 59 high resolution CCTV cameras have been installed in the corporation area to ensure that Chhath Vratis do not face any problem and keep an eye on the crowd. Control rooms have been set up at the ghats. Hundreds of halogen lights have been installed on the ghats, so that there is no problem of lighting during Chhath.