This year's Chaite Chhath festival will conclude after offering Arghya to the setting sun on Tuesday evening and the rising sun on Wednesday morning.
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The religious rituals of Chaite Chhath have begun. The devotees have started the 'Naha Khay' ritual on Sunday. On this day, the devotees eat pure and cooked lentils, rice and gourd vegetables after taking a bath. The devotees will not eat tamasic food from today.
Pratima Chaurasia, a fasting advocate from Birgunj Radhemai, said that the devotees will eat kheer (rasyau) prepared from sugar, milk and rice on Monday evening and will observe a waterless fast throughout the day on Tuesday. This year's Chaite Chhath festival will conclude after offering arghya to the setting sun on Tuesday evening and the rising sun on Wednesday morning.
It is customary in the Terai to celebrate Chhath festival twice a year, in Kattiki and Chaite. Some devotees celebrate only Kattiki Chhath. Some people observe Chaite Chhath fast only after fulfilling their vows.
The work of cleaning and decorating the Chhath Ghats for the Chhath festival has already begun. A grand Chhath is celebrated at the Ghadiarwa Pokhari Chhath Ghat in Birgunj. In this festival of sun worship, coconut, ginger, sugarcane and the obligatory prasad of this festival, Thekuwa, etc. are offered to the Sun.
When there is one fasting person in the house, the entire family is engaged in helping the fasting person. It is believed that performing Chhath Puja brings good luck and children, as well as curing skin diseases. The number of people observing Chaite Chhath has also been increasing in the last few years.
