{"id":170438,"date":"2024-11-08T02:39:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T02:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/08\/chhath-devotees-gather-to-offer-arghya-to-rising-sun-on-last-day-of-festival\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T02:39:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T02:39:32","slug":"chhath-devotees-gather-to-offer-arghya-to-rising-sun-on-last-day-of-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/08\/chhath-devotees-gather-to-offer-arghya-to-rising-sun-on-last-day-of-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Chhath devotees gather to offer Arghya to rising Sun on last day of festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-115067690,imgsize-45930.cms?resize=600,450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Chhath devotees gather to offer Arghya to rising Sun on last day of festival\" title=\"Chhath devotees gather to offer Arghya to rising Sun on last day of festival\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"34\">New Delhi: Chhath devotees across the country gathered at riverbanks to offer Arghya to the rising Sun.<!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:2-->After making this holy offering, parents pray to <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/chhatti-maiya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chhatti Maiya<\/a> for their child&#8217;s protection as well as the happiness and peace of their whole family.<\/p>\n<p>The last day of the festival concludes with the worshippers going to a riverbank and offering an &#8216;Arghya&#8217; to the rising sun. <\/p>\n<p>In the national capital, worshippers gathered at various locations including Kalindi Kunj, ITO and Geeta Colony to offer the Surya Araghya.<\/p>\n<p>A devotee who had gathered with her family at Geeta Colony said that she was excited and content that she could celebrate the entire festival. <\/p>\n<p><!--\/include_growfast.cms?pagename=article&skipcss=1potime:2--><br \/>&#8220;I have gathered here with my whole family to celebrate the occasion. We are all very excited that we could celebrate the whole festival,&#8221; said a devotee who had gathered with her family at Geeta Colony. Another devotee at Geeta Colony said that she prayed for the prosperity and well-being of her family.&#8221;We celebrated the festival in a very beautiful manner. We are very happy and prayed for the prosperity of our family, relatives and ourselves,&#8221; said another devotee. <\/p>\n<p>A devotee from Gorakhpur at the Guru Gorakhnath Ghat said that they stay excited for the festival throughout the year and pray and offer food to the Chhath Maa. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We stay excited for <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/chhath-puja\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chhath Puja<\/a> throughout the year. We fast for the Chhath Maa, take a shower and offer food to Chhath Maa. On the second day, we serve &#8216;dala&#8217; to our son and pray for the well-being of our children and other half,&#8221; said the devotee. <\/p>\n<p>In Patna, people gathered at the Patna College Ghat and Digha Ghat to offer <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/surya-arghya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Surya Arghya<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In Noida, devotees gathered at the Sector 21 stadium to offer the Surya Arghya <\/p>\n<p>Visuals from Kolkata showed a group of women sitting and offering the Surya Agrhya. <\/p>\n<p>Visuals also emerged from Ayodhya, Varanasi and Prayagraj where devotees gathered in large numbers at the Ganga Ghat to conclude the Chhath Puja festivities. <\/p>\n<p>The four days are marked as Nahay-Khay on the Chaturthi Tithi of Kartik Shukla Paksha, a day of purification, followed by Kharna on Panchami Tithi, Chhath Puja on Sashti, and will conclude with Usha Arghya on Saptami Tithi.<\/p>\n<p>In the four-day celebration, fasting is done by worshippers to express gratitude to the Sun God for sustaining life on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>The festival is primarily celebrated in Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, parts of Nepal, and by diaspora communities from these regions. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/chhath-devotees-gather-to-offer-arghya-to-rising-sun-on-last-day-of-festival\/articleshow\/115067690.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Chhath devotees across the country gathered at riverbanks to offer Arghya to the rising Sun.After making this holy offering, parents pray to Chhatti Maiya for their child&#8217;s protection as well as the happiness and peace of their whole family. 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