Chhath Puja 2022 Live Highlights: Festivities Across India As Devotees Perform Puja
Chhath is an auspicious festival in North India and Chhath Puja is mainly celebrated in Bihar, Jharkhand, and parts of Uttar Pradesh.
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Devotees Perform Puja With Great Fervour Across The Country
From Kolkata, Lucknow, Delhi to Amritsar to Bihar, the Chhatt Puja festivities acorss the country were performed with great fervour. From applying vermillion to performing Puja on the ghats of various rivers, Chhatt Puja 2022 has been a grand festival.
What Is The Significance Of Surya Arghya?
The Sun is revered in Hinduism as a healer of many severe health conditions, as well as a source of longevity, prosperity, progress, and well-being. The festival is celebrated by the people by following a strict four-day routine. Fasting, including abstinence from drinking water; holy bathing, offering prayers to the rising and setting suns, and meditating by standing in water for long periods of time are among the rituals.
The rituals of Chhath Puja are mentioned in the epic Mahabharata, where Draupadi, the Pandavas' wife, is depicted as performing similar religious observances. According to popular legend, the Pandavas and Draupadi performed the Chhath ritual on the advice of the noble sage Dhaumya in order to reclaim their lost kingdom of Indraprastha (now Delhi).
The festival also has an interesting history: the sages used to abstain from food and channel the Sun's energy toward themselves in order to survive. Another mythological story has Rama and Sita praying to the Sun god after returning to Ayodhya after a 14-year exile (vanvasa).
The Surya Sashthi fast is characterised by strict fasting and abstinence from water in honour of the Sun god. This fast aids in gaining focus, prosperity, happiness, and physical and mental well-being.
Chhath Puja 2022 Day 3; Sunrise and Sunset time
The third day of Chhath Puja, also known as Sandhya Arghya, is the day when devotees observe a fast without drinking any water. Devotees pray and make an offering (Arghya) to the setting Sun on this day. This day's fasting involves abstaining from all liquids and water for the entire night.
Sunrise: 05:56 AM
Sunset: 05:10 PM
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi announces ‘Dry Day’ on Chhath
On the occasion of Chhath Puja, which falls on Sunday, October 30, the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi has announced a ‘dry day’ in the nation's capital.
BJP member Manoj Tiwari also shared the announcement on his Twitter account. Check out his tweet:
In a first, @LtGovDelhi declares Chhath on Sunday 30.10.2022, as Dry Day in the Capital. The LG, in his capacity as "Government" as per Section 2 (35) of Delhi Excise Act, 2009, has done the same.
— Manoj Tiwari 🇮🇳 (@ManojTiwariMP) October 28, 2022
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Droupadi Murmu Says Chhath Puja Is Unique Example Of Mutual Harmony Between Human Beings And Nature
President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday said Chhath Puja is a unique example of mutual harmony between human beings and nature, and greeted citizens on the eve of the festival.
Chhath Puja is an occasion when we express our reverence, affection and gratitude towards Mother Nature, the president said in a statement issued by Rashtrapati Bhawan.
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