India is a land of many festivals. While many people around the world knows only about Diwali, Holi, and Dushera as India's famous festival, there are many other festivals which are celebrated with utmost joy and enthusiasm in different regions.
Chatth Puja is one of such festival celebrated mostly in Eastern parts of India and in Nepal region. However, slowly the festival for worshiping Lord Sun is gaining popylarity across many others parts. The 4 days festival is considered as one of the most eco friendlier festival. The festival is about worshiping the Setting and Rising Sun by offering ARGH. Today we have offered the Argh to tye setting Sun.
The festival include Bathing, Fasting annd abstaining frim drinking water. There is single worshiper from a family and those who do not able to perform the rituals may contribute to the festival through offering and taking part in the preparation. There are many offering offered to the lord sun, it include, fruits, coconut and other rituals stuff.
The person who is going to perform all the rituals will be in fasting for 3 days. The rituals is very rigorous too and include offering by standing long time in still water till the sun sets and then on next day when sun rises.
It is believed that the ritual of Chhath puja may date back to the ancient Vedic texts, as the Rigveda contains hymns worshiping the Sun god and describes similar rituals. The rituals also find reference in the Sanskrit epic poem Mahābhārata in which Draupadi is depicted as observing similar rites.
The ocassion starts by a prostration march to the nearby pond lake or river. The possession includes carrying heavy baskets of all offering in their head to the wwter front.
Not only this many people offered DUND by reaching the water front through sit ups like marking by completelly streching in sleeping style.
The guy in the pic will reach the venue by sleeping and then standing. Which tooks a lot toll considering he has been on fasting for 3 days.
The Chhath Puja is dedicated to the Sun and his wives Usha and Sangya or Sandhya in order to thank them for bestowing the bounties of life on earth and to request the granting of certain wishes. Chhath does not involve any idol worship.
The rituals can be performed by male or female. It is believed that worshipping lord Sun will fulfill all the wishes and bring hapiness and prosperity.
Today is we have offered the Argh to the setting Sun. Tomorrow early morning we will again visiting the nearby water body. The possesion may starts early as at 3 AM and the worsgiper will keep standing in the water till sun rises. Will bring you the updated Morning rituals tomorrow morning.
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Many thanks and blessings to the people of eastern India and Nepal who are doing this sacred ceremony to honor the sun.
It would do our earth well if more people on the planet did sacred ceremonies to honour the various aspects of our environment and beyond that support and sustain life on our beautiful planet.
Blessings and thanks to our Sun! In honour of Spirits holding this sacred celebration from the prairies in land commonly called Canada namaste, i bow 🙏
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Thanks for the wonderfull blessing through you on my post. Glad to see people enjoyed it and loved the unknown and hidden festival. Its trully great to have a blissfull atmosphete through these sacred rituals. ....
Sorry for the late reply was completelly caught up so many things....
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There is an equivalent for this in Tamil Nadu, It is the offering to Lord Muruga. And it comes a certain days after the festival of Diwali.
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A very informative and well written article on "Chatth Puja", even more so, considering that this is the first time I am hearing of this festival
The photographs taken add value to the post.
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Thanks @machv glad to see your valuable input on our festival. Yes many do not knows about it but soon it betting popularity around India and so to the world
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I read your stories about customs and life in India with great interest. Thank you!
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One of the famous festival in Eastern part.
This is the Indian culture..
I love it.. Nice photographs my friend....
Thanks dear
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what a nice pictures and what a country .... i can only dream of visiting! dear friend @steemflow that man on the ground after 3 days of fasting my goodness.... i say respect. If you dont have the believe you wouldnt succeed. I love the orange and pink colors and the scenery, great. Its so different from our country.
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Indeed India is different from all. So many things to learn and explore....wish you fould visit it some day and see many other intrinsic thing from down the street
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So interesting to learn about festivals around the world! Thank you for sharing a slice of your culture with us!
this is my first time hearing about this, so thank you for sharing! I won't lie, when I read "argh" i thought of the exclamation of frustration in english. Love the photos as well!
Haha..no itsnot that.....its like offering cow milk to lord sun with a broze pot in hand....sorry for the reply...had to cover up many things. Glad you get to know some good old tradition of India
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Thanks for sharing. I only know a few Indian festivals due to our multi ethnicity here in Malaysia. It does look very rigorous and full of determination. Not drinking water is tough indeed. I find it difficult to not drink water daily!
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I don't believe I have ever heard of this particular festival, so thank you for sharing so I could learn something new. The world is so rich and full of interesting cultural rituals and traditions. I know I can never learn them all, but I'm happy to take in what I can.
I believe India is a hub when it comes to culture and tradition .there are so many to explore from each of 28 states that India..each one of them have its own things.
Glad you learned something new @plantstoplanks. Sory for the late reply, was totally caughtup with so many things
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Thank you for sharing all that info with us. I am not very aware of much of what goes on in India so always night to learn something new. The post was very well done good job.
This is VERY cool, thank you so much for sharing it with us! I have never heard of this festival before, you're right. In my tradition, the God of the Sun's name is Lugh. He is often given a title that basically means, "God of many talents."
Thats for sure God Sun have great source of various energy. We usually pray to Sun and her mother Usha.
Sorry for the late reply
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wow so are you saying that man (or anyone else who wants to worship by offering Dund on the way to the river) will lay down, stretch out, and stand up and then lay down again at the spot he stretched out to, repeating the process as many times as it takes???
Thats true @carlgnash but not with each step. He/she will put up a mark till the points of the streched finger then they stand up and then again lay down from that point.
Doing that evening and again morning and that while on fasting without water is too much tiring for them...
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This was a very interesting post for me, I have only heard of some of the bigger name festivals and this was new to me. In a way I am a bit jealous that you live in a region that has such a rich cultural heritage that is still alive, vibrant and participated in by many people. Great post!
These words mean a lot. Thanks @carlgnash loved the appreciation and your input. I do invite you to visit india for a month trip starting Dusshera. After that next one month ..you will occupied with Diwali, and this chatth puja..and many other things....like me...still have some funtion at home till monday morning and unable to involve much on this platform.
There are many intereting things to explore...👌
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