What's the REAL Importance of Chhath Puja? (Chhath Puja Ka Rahasy Kya Hai -In English) Written By : - Devashish Sarkar
Chhath Puja is celebrated on the sixth day of the 'Shukla Paksha' of Kartik month, also known as Chhath Parva or Suryashathi Vrat, it is a big festival of faith. Which is started 6 days after Deepawali. According to religious beliefs, 'Shashthi Devi' is called 'Chhath Mata' in the local language, who is the 'Manas daughter' of sages 'Kashyap' and 'Aditi'. He is also known as 'Devasena'. A mythological story of 'King Priyavrat' is associated with this four-day Chhath festival. According to this mythological story, after keeping 'Chhath Vrat' i.e. 'Suryashashthi Vrat' and worshiping 'Sixth Mother' with the law, the 'dead' 'son' of 'King Priyavrat' was 'alive'. Stories related to Chhath Puja are also found in Ramayana and Mahabharata! Chhath festival is a four-day festival, it starts from Nahay Khae, Kharna, Sandhya Arghya, finally ends after morning Arghyadan to the S...