A video of a Bihar Police constable having a painful conversation on his mobile phone with his mother is rapidly going viral on social media. On the phone, the constable was seen telling his mother that due to duty in Chhath Puja, he will not be able to come home for Puja this time.

In the video, the constable is seen speaking to his mother that she should start the Chhath Puja as he will not be able to reach on time. “Didn’t get the leave so don’t wait for me. Yes! I am sad but you people should start the puja without wasting anymore time,” the police constable said and later after hanging up the phone he started crying.

The name of the constable seen in the viral video is Ajay Kumar Singh, who is working in the SP office of Kishanganj. The constable is originally from Ranipur in Kahalgaon police station area of ​​Bhagalpur.

Let us tell you that today is the fourth day of Chhath, the great festival of public faith. And devotees worshiped the setting sun and offered Arghya (Offering to the lord) to him, a day prior, and this morning they offered to the rising sun. With this ritual, the four-day festival also comes to an end.

For the unversed, The preparations for Chhath Puja begin three months before the festival. From the hustle-bustle of arranging train tickets to Bihar from the varied metros and their satellite towns to selecting outfits for each of the four Chhath days, the festival of homecoming is an emotion and more for people who are proud to be Biharis.

Of them the lucky ones are those who manage to get tickets while others get by in unreserved compartments and even in reserved compartments, bearing the pejoratives and insults thrown at them, for home is where Chhath will be celebrated in Bihar. Some even break their journeys across random many mofussil locations in Uttar Pradesh for that one train ride home.

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Chhath Puja celebrations have started and people are all set to welcome the festival with great zeal and pomp. The festival is one of the most auspicious festivals for Hindus. It is celebrated mostly in Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh and parts of Nepal as well.

Devotees worship the Sun God and Chhathi Maiya and seek their blessings by offering them Arghya. For the well-being of their children, women observe Nirjala vrat, which means not consuming food and water during the fast, from sunrise to sunset.

This year, Chhath Puja will be celebrated on October 30.

Here are wishes, greetings, and quotes to share with your loved ones on this day.

Chhath Puja 2022: Wishes

• May the auspicious occasion of Chhath Puja bring in your life prosperity and happiness.
• May Chhath Mata is always there to keep you on the right path and always bring you happiness and smiles in life. Wishing you a very Happy Chhath Puja.
• May the occasion of Chhath Puja light up new hopes and opportunities in your life and fulfill all your dreams and leave you with a smile.
• May the positivity of Chhath Puja spread in your life and fill it with success and glory. Happy Chhath Puja to you.
• Remove all negativities and embrace only goodness. May Chhath Puja bring you happiness in abundance.

Chhath Puja 2022: Greetings

• The most beautiful time of the year is back again, the time to offer prayers and seek blessings, the time to thank Mother Nature. Happy Chhath Puja to you.
• On the occasion of Chhath Puja, I wish that Chhath Mata blesses you with new dreams and new aspirations to live a beautiful and happy life. Happy Chhath Puja to you.
• Wishing a very Happy Chhath Puja to you. May this glorious occasion mark the beginning of a new chapter of success for you.
• On the occasion of Chhath Puja, I wish you get rewarded with success, glory and happiness in every phase of your life. Wishing you a very Happy Chhath Puja.
• Let us celebrate the occasion of Chhath Puja by coming together and praying to Chhath Mata to always bestow us with her choicest blessings. Happy Chhath Puja.

Chhath Puja 2022: Quotes

• Warm wishes on Chhath Puja to everyone. Celebrate this auspicious occasion with high spirits.
• I pray for the best of your health and happiness on Chhath Puja. May you are surrounded with goodness and positivity. Happy Chhath Puja.
• I wish that Chhath Mata answers all your prayers and empower you with all the strength to achieve whatever you desire. Warm greetings on Chhath Puja to you my dear.
• May Chhathi Maiya is always there to bless us and God Sun is always there to guide us towards a happier life. Warm wishes on Chhath Puja.
• On the occasion of Chhath Puja, I pray that Chhathi Maiya and God Sun bless you with the strength of an elephant and the courage of a lion to have a blessed life. Happy Chhath Puja.

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People across the country are celebrating the Chhath Puja festival, which began from October 28. This four-day long festival is celebrated especially in Bihar, Jharkhand and eastern Uttar Pradesh. Bhojpuri songs are among the favourites to play, dance on and celebrate this festival, especially in eastern part of the country.

There is a tradition of offering Arghya to the setting and rising sun on the third and fourth day of this festival. Chhath songs are played to celebrate this great festival.

Some Chhath Puja songs are so popular that they are played every year during the celebrations.

Let us tell you about some popular songs that you can play in Chhath Puja:

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Ghare Ghare Hota Chhathi Maai Ke Varatiya

This song is one of the most popular Bhojpuri Chhath songs. The song, sung by Amrapali Dubey, is played at a lot in homes and at Ghats. People like to listen to this song since the beginning of Chhath festival.

Jaldi Ugi Aaj Adit Gosai

This song is sung by famous Bhojpuri singer Pawan Singh. This song of Pawan Singh is also played a lot on the auspicious occasion of Chhath. This song is written by Manoj Matlabi. People like listening to this song as soon as the festival starts.

Chhapra Chhath Manayenge

This song composed by famous Bhojpur singer Khesari Lal Yadav on Chhath has become quite famous in the past three years. It has been produced in a modern way, the song tells the ways to celebrate Chhath.

Jai Chhathi Maiya 

The recently released song Jai Chhathi Maiya song has gone viral on YouTube. The biggest reason for this is Sonu Nigam, who has sung Chhath song in Bhojpuri. Pawan Singh and Khushboo Jain are supporting him in this song. This song beautifully depicts the tradition of Chhath Puja.

Ho Deenanath

Sung in the voice of singer Sharda Sinha, ‘Ho Deenanath’ is another popular Chhath song which was released in 2012. This Chhath song depicts the spirit of every woman performing Chhath Puja. It is played at the Ghats during Chhath Puja and is bound to make the fasting women emotional.

Uga Hai Suraj Dev

The song was sung by Anuradha Paudwal, a renowned Bhojpuri singer. This song is also popular at every Chhath Puja and is played at Ghats during the rituals.

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As the Chhath Puja is around the corner, many followers will participate in the festivities. However, a video has come to light from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad where the mayor of Ghaziabad can be seen berating the officials for not putting the water into the designated Chhath Puja Kund despite the Chhath Puja starting soon. The video shows the mayor of Ghaziabad, Asha Sharma, blasting the official on call and demanding the officials pump water into the Puja Kund.

In the video, Asha Sharma, Mayor of Ghaziabad can be seen speaking to the official on call as she goes on to say that if there is no water pumped into the Chhath Puja Kund, she will make the officials turn into a pump and make them pump out the water if she has to. She further highlighted that the Chhath Puja has almost begun and yet the officials have failed to take any steps.

After the video went viral, many users came forward adding their takes on the incident as one user added his remark highlighting that the relation position of power and the civil use of language has been diminished. The user further added that either the government officials have become insolent or the level of politics has degraded, implying the manner in which the Ghaziabad Mayor talked.

Another user added their take on the incident as they wrote that this was a unique way of dealing with the officials, implying an increase in efficiency after the officials received scolding.

Another incident came to light from Ghaziabad of road rage where a motorcycle rider first crashed his bike into a man and then got up and assaulted the man who crashed his bike into. After the incident went viral many users came forward remarking on the video.

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Chhath celebrations have already begun. It is one of the major Hindu festivals celebrated in Bihar, eastern UP, and parts of Nepal. Chhath Puja, also called Surya Shashti, is a bathing festival that is followed by a four-day fast and period of ritual cleanliness.

It is celebrated six days after Deepavali, on the sixth day of the lunar month of Kartika (October–November) in the Hindu calendar, Vikram Samvat. This year, Chhath Puja will be celebrated on October 30.

To find out more about the festival, here are speeches and essays that will help you grab the top spot at the podium in the competition.

Chhath Puja is a four-day-long strict and spiritual observance. The first day of the Chhath Puja includes taking a dip in the holy river/any water body. People also take the water of the Ganges to their homes to perform special offerings and rituals. Houses are thoroughly cleaned on this day. The second day of Chhath, also known as Kharna, involves devotees observing a day-long fast, which is broken in the late evening after performing the worship of Mother Earth. The offerings to God include rice pudding (kheer) and fruits, which are distributed among family members and friends. The third day of Chhath goes into the preparation of the prasad (offerings) for the evening offerings, also known as Sanjhiya Arghya.

In the evening, large numbers of devotees gather on the banks of rivers and make offerings (Arghya) to the setting sun. The folk songs are played displaying the culture and history of Bihar. The night of the third-day witnesses a colorful event known as Kosi. A canopy is made from sugarcane sticks and lighted earthen lamps are placed inside the canopy along with baskets filled with prasad. On the fourth and final day of Chhath, family members and friends go to the banks of rivers before sunrise and make offerings (Arghya) to the rising sun. After this ritual, devotees break their fast and distribute Prasad to neighbors and relatives.

Chhath Puja is an antique festival of the Hindu religion which is dedicated to the Sun God. The exact origin of the Chhath festival is not known. In old days Purohits were requested to perform the traditional puja of the Lord Sun, by the kings. Ancient Rigveda texts and a variety of hymns for worshiping the Sun were chanted. Draupadi and the Pandavas celebrated the Chhath festival for solving their problems and regaining their lost kingdom. It is believed that Chhath puja was first performed by the Surya Putra Karna.

Another story is that Lord Rama and Sita performed Chhath Puja soon after returning to Ayodhya after their 14 years of exile. They kept fast and offer Puja to Lord Sun in Karthika month. After that, it became a significant and traditional Hindu festival.

Chhath is majorly celebrated in North India including the North East states. It is elaborately celebrated in some parts of Nepal. It is also celebrated in Mauritius, Guyana, Fiji, Trinidad and Tobago Suriname, and Jamaica. Chhath puja is celebrated on Kartika Shukla Shashthi, which is the sixth day of Kartika month in the Nepali calendar. This generally comes in the month of October/November in the English calendar. Chaiti Chhath is celebrated a few days after Holi, but it is not that significant.

There is a belief that if a family performs Chhath Puja, they should perform every year and the next generations also should perform this Puja. It is performed for four days in true spirit and one should sleep on the floor without any blanket. On the first day, devotees take bath in the Ganga River and bring home some water to prepare offerings. They will have one meal that day known as kaddu-bhat which is cooked by using bronze or soil utensils, and mango wood over the soil stove.

On the second day, they fast for the whole day. They offer prayers to the earth after sunset and break the fast. After their meal, they again fast for 36 hours without water. They offer the Sanjhiya Arghya at the ghat of the riverbank on the third day. In the evening they lit the lamp on top of five sugarcane sticks which represents Panchatattva. On the fourth day, they offer Bihaniya Aragh. Devotees will have Chhath Prashad and end the fast and festival.

Chhath, the festival of folk faith, is the main festival celebrated in our country. Chhath festival is held twice a year. For the first time it is celebrated on Shashti of Shukla Paksha of Chaitra month and second time on Shashthi of Shukla Paksha of Kartik month. Due to the celebration of Shashthi, it has been named Chhath Vrat. Among both, Kartiki Chhath is more popular. It is a festival of worship of Chhath Mata and worship of Sun. Mainly this festival is celebrated in Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. Gradually this festival became popular in other cities of the country as well. This festival has become popular all over the world with the diaspora. It is celebrated with great pomp in countries like Nepal and Mauritius.

Chhath Mata is worshiped in this festival. Along with this, Argha is given to the sun with raw milk and water of the cow. This festival, which lasts for four days, begins with Nahay-Khaya. Kharna is performed on the second day. There is a tradition of offering Argha to the setting sun in the evening on the third day. Argha is offered to the rising sun on the fourth day i.e. on the last day.

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One of the important four days festivals in Hinduism Chhath Puja began today with the traditional Nahay Khay ceremony. The auspicious occasion is predominantly observed in Bihar, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand. As devotees are all excited about the festival, Delhi’s Yamuna again shows signs of danger, filled with toxic foam like every year.

To tackle the situation of toxic foam formation on the river, and to give a clean ritualistic dip in the holy water which is considered an important part of Chhath puja, Delhi Jal Board started spraying some of the chemicals into the river in order to dissolve all the toxic foam, which was seen rising by each day passing. A video of the official also went viral on social media where members of the board were seen sprinkling the liquid in it.

Take a look at the viral video of a Delhi Jal Board member spraying chemicals in Yamuna

In the video, it can be seen that people from DJB on a boat were spraying the chemical on the river., trying to kill the toxic foam formation over the river. Seeing the laidback behavior of the Delhi government, opposition parties also started slamming the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

Amid all the toxic foam dissolving practice, BJP MP Parvesh Verma’s video went viral on the internet, where he was seen getting indulging in a heated argument with a Delhi Jal Board official and calling him Besharam, ghatiya aadmi.

In the clip he was saying that he has repeatedly asked the officials not put chemicals into the Yamuna river. He said that how can he not be angered if officials don’t listen to him in the matter? If I have to talk in this manner for the benefit of the people of Delhi, then I have no problem, BJP MP Parvesh Verma added in his statement.

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Diwali is done and dusted. While the rest of India bids adieu to the festive season, it’s the beginning of the most-anticipated festival for Bihar, Chhath Puja. This year, the festival will be observed from October 28 to 31.

The preparations for Chhath Puja begin three months before the festival. From the hustle-bustle of arranging train tickets to Bihar from the varied metros and their satellite towns to selecting outfits for each of the four Chhath days, the festival of homecoming is an emotion and more for people who are proud to be Biharis. Of them the lucky ones are those who manage to get tickets while others get by in unreserved compartments and even in reserved compartments, bearing the pejoratives and insults thrown at them, for home is where Chhath will be celebrated in Bihar. Some even break their journeys across random many mofussil locations in Uttar Pradesh for that one train ride home.

And not to forget the vibe and togetherness one witnesses on trains and flights while travelling back to Bihar. The view on the railway platforms and airports itself can give one the goosebumps.

Though the festival is associated with Biharis, it is celebrated vividly and with the same exuberance in Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, and some parts of Nepal.

Chhath Puja is a carnival of devotion which attracts all Biharis across the world towards it more potently than a magnet. The aroma of thekuas and gud wali kheer, Shardha Sinha’s Chhath geet, vibrantly decorated streets and ghats, the festival lasts four days. It starts with Nahay Khay and concludes with Usha Arghya. Chhath is dedicated to the Sun God and devotees worship Chhathi Maiya, Shashthi Devi, the mother goddess and the Sun’s sister.

According to Hindu mythology, Chhathi Maiya protects one’s offspring and provides longevity to them. The festival is for expressing gratitude to the Sun for bestowing the fortune of life. No Sun, no rain, no Sun, no grain, no Sun, no moon, no Sun, nothing!

Chhath Puja rituals

Nahay Khay

The first day of Chhath Puja begins with Nahay Khay and will be celebrated on October 28 this year. On this day, devotees, also called Vratis, clean their bodies and their houses and then eat a heavenly meal prepared without onion and garlic. The meal has bhaat, channe ki daal, daal kaddu ki sabzi, aloo gobhi ki sabzi, and dhaniya chutney that strikes the right chords in the heart and is gentle on the tummy and is like a warm hug for Biharis who migrated to other states for a better standard of life.

Kharna

The second day of Chhath Puja falls on October 29 this year. Kharna involves a strict fast wherein Vratis avoid water. This day is a hectic one as it goes by preparing prasad that consists gud wali kheer (kheer of jaggery), doodh wali kheer, rotis, and rice balls. All the prasad is prepared on earthen chulhas which add their magic of aroma and taste.

Sandhya Arghya

Chhath Puja is synonymous with thekuas and Sandhya Arghya is the day when Vratis begin preparing the delicacy, not only for themselves but also for their children to distribute it to their friends and colleagues after they return to their respective work states. The day will be celebrated on October 30. In the evening, the Vratis worship the setting Sun or the dusk. The family members of the Vrati offer milk and water to the dawn. Chhath is the only festival where devotees worship the setting Sun, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an old video.

Watch the video here:

Usha Arghya

This is the last day of the Mahaparv and will be observed on October 31. Usha Arghya begins at 3 am with Vratis reaching river banks or ghats to worship the rising Sun or the dawn. The rituals of Sandhya Argya and Usha Arghya are the same and this is the day when Vratis break their fast after 3-long days. It is also known as Prana, which refers to the end of fasting.

Prana is also like a feast with meals cooked without onion and garlic.

Chhath Puja ends after 4-long days of fasting and family gatherings. The uniqueness of this festival is that it unites the whole family who travel back from across the globe just to celebrate Chhath Puja with their dear ones.

What also remains the soul of Chhath Puja is the folk songs sung by the women of the house. This adds positivity and fun to the occasion. With the bundle full of thekuas and memories, Biharis travel back only yearning to return for Chhath Puja next year and worrying about the train tickets!

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