Chhat Parva : Festival Of God Sun
Chhat
Chhat The great festival of folk faith, Chhat, is officially starting from tomorrow.Starting from Kattik Shukla Chaturthi, the festival is formally concluded after offering Aghrya to the rising sun on the seventh day.On the fourth day of this festival, the devotees of the house clean the house of worship with purity, take a bath and eat Aruva Aruvain. This is called ‘Nahayakhay’. Kharna is performed on the day of Panchami. On this occasion, Vartalu fasts all day and cooks kheer in a new clay oven in the evening.
The same kheer is offered to the deity during worship at home. The kheer will be accepted as a prasad and distributed among the family members. After receiving the offering, the woman starts fasting again. After fasting for more than 36 consecutive hours and offering aghrya to the setting and rising sun, the Chhat festival is formally concluded.
Why is Chhath festival celebrated?
This festival is celebrated for the attainment of children, longevity, health and fulfillment of desires. In this festival, the sixth mother and the sun are worshiped. This festival is celebrated on the same date as Kattik Shukla Shashthi is the best date to please these two deities.
Who is Chhat Mata ?
Although there are various ideologies as to who is the mother of Chhat, it is clearly mentioned in the Bhagavad Purana.In the ninth volume of the Purana, the story of the glory of Bhagwati Shashthi is mentioned in the story of King Priyavrat. The Purana states, “King Priyavrat had no children. The king sacrificed for the children. Maharshi Kashyap gave kheer cooked for Yajna to Rani Malini as an offering.
After receiving the kheer, the queen gave birth to a son at the appointed time, but the son was born dead. ”The news of the birth of a dead child shocked the king. While burying the dead child, the king tried to lay down his life in the crematorium. At the same time, a goddess appeared in the chariot. Advising the king not to give up his life, “I am Devasena, the daughter of Brahma’s mind. I have originated from the basic tendency of creation. That is why I am also called Shashti. ” He raised the king’s dead child in his arms.
Then, the goddess advised me to worship and the people to worship too. He preached that if you worship me, you will protect your children, have working children, fulfill your desires and end poverty at home.
As the incident took place on the 6th day of Kattik Shukla, there is a religious belief that the Chhat festival started from that date. The word Shashti is believed to have been corrupted into the sixth festival.
Why Sun is worshiped in Chhat festival ?
Lord Rama had killed Ravana during his 14-year exile. It is mentioned in the religious scripture Ramayana that he returned to Ayodhya on the date of Kattik Aunshi after the completion of that period. Diwali was celebrated in Ayodhya on the same day. Chhat is worshiped on the eighth day of Diwali. After Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya, before taking over the kingdom, he consulted a sage to get rid of the sin of killing a Brahmin, Ravana, and advised him to worship the sun till mid-November.
Lord Rama had killed Ravana during his 14-year exile. It is mentioned in the religious scripture Ramayana that he returned to Ayodhya on the date of Kattik Aunshi after the completion of that period. Diwali was celebrated in Ayodhya on the same day. Chhath is worshiped on the eighth day of Diwali. After Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya, before taking over the kingdom, he consulted a sage to get rid of the sin of killing a Brahmin, Ravana, and advised him to worship the sun till mid-November.
Since he was to rule immediately, Lord Rama was freed from the sin of killing Brahmins by worshiping the sun within the same period. It is believed that the sun was worshiped along with Chhat on the same date. Since these two important events are on the same date, the festival is celebrated by worshiping the sixth mother and the sun.
Since he was to rule immediately, Lord Rama was freed from the sin of killing Brahmins by worshiping the sun within the same period. It is believed that the sun was worshiped along with Chhat on the same date. Since these two important events are on the same date, the festival is celebrated by worshiping the sixth mother and the sun.
In addition to this, it is mentioned in the religious scripture that the omniscient Shaunakmuni has inquired before Sutaji about the remedy for the suffering of the sick, childless, dying at a young age.Bhishma Pitamah, who was present on the occasion, started sharing the information received from Pulastya Muni. At the same time, he was afflicted with leprosy and tuberculosis by an evil regional king. He thought that choosing death was the best way to get rid of that suffering and at the same time a learned Brahmin reached the court.
The king appealed to her to find a solution to the problem of her health as well as the grief of some of her subjects who were childless, children dying prematurely, and husbands abandoning their wives.
The learned Brahmin said that all these afflictions could be alleviated only through the worship of the Sun God. It is believed that the king as well as the people worshiped the sun god on the same date and were freed from suffering.
This festival seems to be based on agriculture. In this festival new bamboo baskets, cones, fans as well as offerings like bananas, sugarcane, fruits, betel leaves, betel nuts, eggplants, radishes, suthani, sprouts, potatoes, jute and thekuva, bhusuwa and sweets are offered as offerings.
Offerings offered as aghrya to the setting sun can be offered to the rising sun again or a new dish is offered as aghrya. However, offerings cannot be distributed until the rising sun is offered.This festival is celebrated as a festival of lawfulness and purity. This festival is celebrated only after fulfilling the vows. Once started, it is done every year .
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