Ghats in Birgunj, including Ghadi Arwa, Ranighat, Nagwa, and Murli, have been decorated for the Chhath festival.
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The devotees, who started the Chhath festival with the 'Nahakhaya' ritual on Saturday, celebrated the 'Kharna' ritual on Sunday. In this ritual, also known as 'Rasyau Roti', the devotees celebrated on Sunday evening by worshipping the Chhathi Goddess at their homes and eating kheer (Rasyau) and puri cooked with milk and honey.
It is customary to give the cooked rasya roti to other family members and friends as prasad. After eating rasya roti on Sunday evening, the fast will be broken by observing a waterless fast on Monday and only after worshipping the setting sun in the evening and the rising sun in the morning on Tuesday, eating prasad.
‘On Monday evening, the fast and all the members of their family reach the Chhathi Ghat built in a pond, river, lake, or reservoir near their house,’ said Shubhadra Mishra, a faster from Tejarath Tol, Birgunj. ‘On Tuesday morning, after offering arghya to the rising sun at the ghat and completing the puja, the strict fast will be broken by eating prasad.’ 
It is customary for family members to carry the bamboo chhathi, which contains the worship materials of the fast, to the ghat. Especially the male members of the family fulfill this responsibility. On Monday evening, devotees at Chhath Ghat offer various puja items including coconuts on bamboo poles to the setting sun. After that, they will sit on the ghat for hours and worship.
Some devotees return home at night and perform the ritual of filling the Koshi in the courtyard. It is believed that this ritual of worshipping a clay elephant will fulfill the wishes of the devotees. The devotees staying at the ghat have a tradition of chanting bhajans there all night. Flour cakes have been cooked in the households of the devotees all day on Sunday. The devotees and their family members were busy with this work all day on Sunday. 
Ghats including Ghadi Arwa, Ranighat, Nagwa, Murli in Birgunj have been decorated for the Chhath festival. The Ghadi Arwa Chhath Puja Management Committee has stated that all preparations for the Chhath festival have been completed at the famous Ghadi Arwa Ghat in Birgunj. Committee chairman Rakesh Sah Kanu informed that the income is estimated to be around Rs 2.67 million and expenditure is estimated to be around Rs 2.38 million this year.
Committee secretary Santosh Kumar Sah said that no compromise has been made on the security arrangements at the ghat. He said that the security arrangements at the ghat have been tightened in coordination with the Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, and Army. It is estimated that around 10,000 devotees and more than 200,000 devotees will visit the ghat on Monday, the main day of the puja. 
Dheeraj Bhandari, a resident of Reshamkothi, who arrived in Birgunj from the federal capital Kathmandu for the festival, says that the Chhath festival brings joy to the entire Terai-Madhesh. ‘Those who have come far for employment or study usually return home during this festival,’ he says. There is a religious belief that those who observe the Chhath fast will bring happiness, peace, and prosperity to their homes, as well as children and relief from skin diseases.
