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Chhath celebration at Rani Pokhari, a 17th-century pond in Kathmandu (2015) Chhath Puja celebration at Azimganj. Chhath Puja is a folk festival that lasts four days. It starts with Kartik Shukla Chaturthi and ends with Kartik Shukla Saptami. Chhath is celebrated twice in a year. [29] Chaiti Chhath - It is observed in the Chaitra month of Vikram ...
Karva Chauth or Karwa Chauth or Karaka Chaturthi (Sanskrit: करकचतुर्थी, romanized: Karakachaturthī) [3] is a Hindu festival celebrated by Hindu women of Nepal, Northern India and Western Indiain October or November on the Bikram Sambat month of Kartika. [4]
The government of Nepal declares the Public holidays all over Nepal during the Chhath festivals. It is a Hindu festival dedicated to the Hindu Sun God, Surya and Chhathi Maiya (ancient Vedic Goddess Usha). The Chhath Puja is performed in order to thank Surya for sustaining life on earth and to request the granting of certain wishes. [12]
Shashthi (Sanskrit: षष्ठी, romanized: Ṣaṣṭhī) also referred to as Chhath is the sixth day of the lunar fortnight in the Hindu calendar. [1] It is tithi (lunar day) of a paksha , the fourteen-day phase of the moon.
Chhath, also called "Dala Chhath", Surya vrat, is a Vedic festival celebrated in Bihar. It is celebrated twice a year: once in the summers, called the Chaiti Chhath, and once around a week after Deepawali, called the Karthik Chhath. The Karthik Chhath is more popular because winters are the usual festive season in northern India, and fasting ...
Chhath: An ancient Hindu festival dedicated to the Hindu Sun God, Surya. The Chhath Puja is performed in order to thank Surya for sustaining life on earth and to request the granting of certain wishes. Cheiraoba: celebrated as New Year's Day in Manipur.
Also called: Samvatsaradi (Telugu new year), Ugadi (Kannada new year)Observed by: Hindus in Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Goa: Type: Religious (Hindu), social, cultural
Chaurchan Puja celebration by Maithil people in Mumbai. Chaurchan is special festival of the Mithila region of India and Nepal. It is a very important fasting for married women in Mithila. It is also known as Charchanna Pabni, Chauth Chand or Chauth Chandra or Chorchan Puja.