Chhath celebrated today with offerings to the setting Sun
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Mahottari, November 15 – Devotees in the Mithila region are observing the Hindu festival of Chhath by offering prayers to the setting sun this evening. The fast began after the Kharna ritual on Saturday night, the fifth day of the waxing moon in Kartik, and participants have abstained from food and water since then.
The four‑day festival started last Friday with the Nahay‑Khay ritual, followed by Kharna on the fifth day, during which families prepare rice pudding with jaggery and offer it as prasad. This evening, worshippers will perform the first Arghya offering at ghats, presenting coconuts, bananas, and traditional sweets such as thekua and bhuswa to the Sun God and his wife Shashthi.
After the sunset rites, devotees traditionally spend the night on riverbanks singing Chhathi songs. Early Monday morning they will stand waist‑deep in water to welcome the rising sun and conclude the festival with a final Arghya, believing the worship brings prosperity, health and blessings for their children.
नेपालीमा
छठ पर्व आज सूर्यास्तको आराधनासहित मनाइयो
महोत्तरी, नोभेम्बर १५ – मिथिला क्षेत्रका भक्तहरूले आज साँझ सूर्यास्तको आराधना गर्दै हिन्दू पर्व छठ मनाइरहेका छन्। कार्तिक शुक्लपक्षको पञ्चमी, अर्थात् शनिबार राति खरना संस्कारपछि व्रत सुरु भएको थियो र त्यसपछि भाइचाराहरूले खाना र पानी बन्द गरेका छन्। चार दिने पर्व गत शुक्रबार नहाय-खाय संस्कारसहित सुरु भएको थियो, जसपछि पञ्चमीमा खरना गरियो, जसमा परिवारहरूले गुलियोसहितको चामलको पuding बनाएर प्रसादको रूपमा अर्पण गर्छन्। आज साँझ, पूजाआजा गर्नेहरूले घाटमा पहिलो अर्घ्य अर्पण गर्नेछन्, जसमा नारियल, केला र ठेकुवा, भुसवा जस्ता परम्परागत मिठाइहरू सूर्यदेव र उनकी पत्नी शष्ठीलाई अर्पण गरिनेछ। सूर्यास्त पूजापछि, भक्तहरूले परम्परागत रूपमा रातभर नदी किनारमा बसेर छठी गीत गाउने गर्छन्। सोमबार बिहान पखेटासम्म पानीमा डुब्दै उदयमान सूर्यलाई स्वागत गर्नेछन् र अन्तिम अर्घ्य अर्पण गरेर पर्वको समापन गर्नेछन्, जसले उनका सन्तानहरूको समृद्धि, स्वास्थ्य र आशीर्वाद ल्याउँछ भन्ने विश्वास छ।
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