Chhath Puja

The CM instructed officials to make thorough preparations for crowd management, as millions are expected to travel from Delhi to their home towns during the festival season.

Centre initiates process to nominate Chhath Puja for UNESCO: A look at India’s other festivals on world heritage list

The Indian government has initiated the process to nominate Chhath Puja for UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list. Explore the significance of Chhath Puja and discover other Indian festivals recognized globally.

Centre initiates nomination of Chhath festival for UNESCO cultural heritage list

The Ministry of Culture wrote a letter to the secretary of Sangeet Natak Akademi, requesting him to nominate Chhath festival in UNESCO's cultural heritage list.

Chhath Puja 2024 begins today with Nahay Khay ritual: All you need to know

Chhath Puja 2024 begins today, marking a sacred journey of devotion and gratitude towards the Sun God, Surya, and Chhathi Maiya. This four-day festival starts with the Nahay Khay ritual, symbolizing purity and spiritual cleansing.

Chhath Puja 2023: Date, muhurat timings

Chhath Puja 2023: According to the Hindu calendar, Chatth Puja is observed twice a year, once in the month of Chaitra and once during Kartik. Chatth Puja, also called Surya Shashti, is mostly observed in states such as Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. It is also celebrated in Nepal.

Chhath Puja 2023: History, significance and rituals performed

Chhath Puja It falls six days after Diwali, on the sixth day of the lunar month of Kartika and the rituals are observed for four days and involved bathing, fasting and abstaining from drinking water.

PM Modi greets nation on the occasion of Chhath puja

This festival is celebrated with particular fervour in Bihar and parts of Uttar Pradesh.

Delhi Minister Kailash Gahlot reviews preparations at ghats for Chhath

New Delhi, Oct 29 Delhi Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot on Saturday visited several ghats in the city ahead of the Chhath festival to ensure preparatio..

Chhath Puja 2021: Hindu devotees worship Sun god

Hindu devotees worship the Sun god during the Hindu religious festival of Chhath Puja across India. The four-day-long festival of Chhath, celebrated after Diwali by people belonging to Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, involves the offering of 'Arghya' by fasting women to the Sun god in knee-deep water.

Chhath Puja 2021: Date, rituals, significance - all you need to know

Chhath Puja is celebrated after six days of Diwali or the sixth day of the month of Kartik, which is why it is called Chhath Puja, where ‘Chhath’ means ‘six’.

Video: Not beach waves or bubble bath. People take dip in Yamuna's toxic foam in Delhi

The Yamuna river in Delhi is highly polluted due to constant industrial and sewage discharge into its waters. An increase in ammonia levels in the water had on Sunday led to disruption in water supply in parts of Delhi.

BJP MP Parvesh Verma vows to defy Chhath Puja ban at Yamuna, challenges Delhi CM

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has prohibited Chhath Puja on the banks of the Yamuna this year.

Delhi govt declares public holiday on November 10 for Chhath Puja

Accordingly, the Government of Delhi has decided to declare November 10, 2021, as a public holiday on account of Chhath Puja," said a note issued by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.

Railways' Gati Shakti Express debuts today between Delhi-Patna

The train with the newly introduced AC-3 tier economy coaches will cater to the rush during the festive season during Diwali and Chhath Puja.

DDMA allows Chhath Puja celebrations at designated places amid strict COVID protocols

The DDMA, which devises Covid management policies for the capital, had banned Chhath Puja celebrations at public places, including at Yamuna riverbanks, water bodies and temples in Delhi, after a meeting on September 30.

Allow Chhath Puja celebrations in Delhi: CM Arvind Kejriwal urges L-G Anil Baijal

The DDMA had on September 30, said that no Chhath celebrations would be allowed in public places, public grounds, river banks, temples etc. in the national capital.

Delhi bans Chhath Puja 2021 celebrations in public places, river banks

In its fresh guidelines, it said, no standing or squatting allowed at festive events in Delhi, only sitting on chairs with social distancing permitted.

Bengal government wants NGT to allow Chhath Puja at Kolkata's Rabindra Sarovar

the NGT had passed an order in 2018 to ban Chhath Puja rituals at Rabindra Sarovar

17 killed in stampede at Chhath Puja in Patna

At least 17 people were killed and many others injured in a stampede today at Adalatghat here on the bank of river Ganga during Chhath puja. The stampede occurred when panicked devotees rushed for safety after a make-shift bridge caved in at the ghat.