Chhath Puja celebrated in Chandigarh

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Chhath Puja celebrated in Chandigarh

Wednesday, 14 November 2018 | PNS | Chandigarh

Thousands of people gathered here on Tuesday evening to offer prayers to the setting sun on the occasion of Chhath Puja, one of the most important festivals of eastern part of India especially Bihar, Eastern Uttar-Pradesh and Jharkhand.

This festival is one of the oldest rituals of nature worship in India celebrated in honor of the Sun God.

The devotees from all parts of the tricity, thronged the Sector-42 Lake to offer their first Arghya ‘offering’ to the setting sun, on the third day of the Puja. Several other areas of the city and the periphery too witnessed the devotees near the water bodies.

The UT administration had made elaborate  arrangements at the Sector 42 Lake with special lighting and cleanliness, keeping in view the spirit of the festival. Traffic and security arrangements were also made as around ten thousand people gathered on the occasion.

This is the only festival in which even the setting Sun is offered prayers. The philosophy behind the thought is that birth is always followed by death and the rising sun is followed by the setting sun.

The festivities commences with Nahai Khai (eating after bathing) and continues for four days with traditional rituals like Lohanda or Kharna, Sanjha Arghya and it concludes with the final prayer and offering of the Subah Arghya.

The devotees offered their evening prayers to the setting sun. It was a picturesque view of the devotes thronging the Sector-42 lake, standing knee deep in waters to offer prayers to the sun god for all the blessings and prosperity that have been bestowed by him.

On Wednesday morning, the devotees will offer their final heartfelt gratitude to the Surya Bhagwan (sun god) with the Subah Arghya or Soop which consists of flowers, seasonal fruits, grass, sugarcane, radish and other newly harvested crops. With the conclusion of their prayer they will go back home to break the day long fast by eating prasadam, or the offered food to the mighty Sun God.

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