Only a few days are left for the festival of Diwali. Preparations for Diwali are being made everywhere. At the same time, preparations for Chhath Puja are also going on in full swing in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Actually, Chhath Puja is a major festival of Bihar and the people there have special faith in this festival. The Education Department has issued a new order regarding holiday on Chhath festival. According to this, now there will be a holiday on the day of Kharna also. Let us know in total how many days will schools remain closed in Bihar.
Diwali holiday also
This year Diwali holiday in Bihar will be on November 1 and 2. Apart from this, holidays have also been extended for Chhath festival coming after Diwali, so that people can celebrate this special occasion with family. Due to these holidays, Diwali and Chhath festivals will be celebrated with great pomp in Bihar.
Chhath holiday will last for so many days
The festival of Chhath will be celebrated as soon as the Diwali holidays are over. This festival is celebrated mainly in Bihar. School holiday has already been announced in Bihar. This year, Chhath Puja will start on November 7 at 12:41 am on the Shashthi date of Shukla Paksha of Kartik month and will end on November 8 at 12 am. On Chhath Puja, schools will remain closed for four days from October 6 to October 9.
Chhath is a great festival of folk faith.
Chhath Puja is one of the major festivals of Bihar, which is also called the great festival of folk faith. Lord Surya and Chhathi Maiya are worshiped during Chhath Puja. Nahay Khay and Kharna are important parts of this festival. The order of Chhath Puja is something like this, Nahay Khay (first day), Kharna (second day), Sandhya Arghya (third day), Usha Arghya and Paran (fourth day).
Kharna has special significance in Chhath festival. Women fasting on this day make jaggery-rice kheer on a new earthen stove and offer it to Chhathi Maiya. After this it is accepted as Prasad. After Kharna, Nirjala fast starts till sunrise and sunset. This fast is one of the important parts of Chhath Puja, which is a symbol of devotion and reverence.
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