Chhath or Dala Chhath is a Hindu festival, which is unique to Bihar state, India and Terai of Nepal. This festival is also celebrated in the north-east parts of India; Madhya Pradesh; Uttar Pradesh; and some regions of Chhattisgarh. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The 2006 Sinulog festival in the Philippines Renaissance festival A festival or fest is an event, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community. ... For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... The Terai, or Tarai (i. ... Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: , Urdu: , translation: Northern Province, IPA: ,  ), also popularly known by its abbreviation U.P. It is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Union of India. ... Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarhi/Hindi: छत्तीसगढ़, IPA: / /) , a state in central India, formed when the sixteen Chhattisgarhi speaking southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained statehood on November 1, 2000. ...

Etymology

The The Morning Worship Dala Chhath, Jamshedpur-Jharkhand

The word “chhath” denotes the number 6 in Hindi and the festival begins on the sixth day of the Hindu lunar calendar month of kartik, which corresponds to months of October-November in the Gregorian calendar. The festival of Chhath begins a week after Diwali. Chhath is the holiest Hindu festival of Bihar and extends to four days. This festival has majority in Bihar however in UP and realeted areas it is also celebrated. even in Mumbai the people who have gone for their Jobs celebrate Chhath beside sea beach. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 566 KB) People Celebrating Chhath Festival the 2nd Day at Morning a Tribute to the Rising Holly God SUN (Bagwaan Bhaskar) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 566 KB) People Celebrating Chhath Festival the 2nd Day at Morning a Tribute to the Rising Holly God SUN (Bagwaan Bhaskar) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under... Hindi (हिन्दी or हिंदी in Devanagari; pronunciation: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is the official language of the Union government of India [1][2]. It is part of a dialect continuum of the Indic family, bounded on the northwest and west by Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu, and... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... It has been suggested that lunar year be merged into this article or section. ... Kaartika ( Hindi: कातिक kaatik or कार्तिक kaartik) is a month of the Hindu calendar. ... The Gregorian calendar is the calendar that is used nearly everywhere in the world. ... Diwali, also called Deepavali (Sanskrit: ) is a major Hindu festival that is also very significant in Sikhism and Jainism. ...

The festival

The The Morning Worship Dala Chhath, Jamshedpur-Jharkhand

Chhath is a festival dedicated to the Sun God. It is considered to be a means to thank the Sun for bestowing the bounties of life in earth, as also for fulfilling particular wishes. Worship of the Sun has been practiced in different parts of India, and the world from time immemorial. Worship of sun has been described in the Rig Veda, the oldest Hindu scriptures, and hymns praying to the sun in the Vedas are found. In the ancient epic, the Mahabharata, references to worshipping of the sun by Draupadi, wife of the Pandavas, are found. It was believed that worshipping of the sun would help cure a variety of diseases, including leprosy, and also ensure longevity and prosperity of the family members. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 577 KB) People Celebrating Chhath on 2nd Day Morning Around the Pond I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 577 KB) People Celebrating Chhath on 2nd Day Morning Around the Pond I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version... The Vedas (Sanskrit: वेद) are the main scripture in Hinduism, and are a large corpus of texts originating in Ancient India. ... Many religions and spiritual movements hold certain written texts (or series of spoken legends not traditionally written down) to be sacred. ... A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a god or other religiously significant figure. ... The epic is a broadly defined genre of poetry, and one of the major forms of narrative literature. ... Manuscript illustration of the Battle of Kurukshetra The (Devanagari: ), is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the . ... In the epic Mahabharata, Draupadi is the daughter of King Drupada, and becomes the wife of the five Pandavas. ... The Pandavas were the five sons of the king Pandu. ... Contagious redirects here. ... Leprosy, also known as Hansens disease, is a non-infectious disease caused by a DNA plasmid (transposon, or ultravirus, a small circle of DNA) carried in Hansens bacillus (the Mycobacterium leprae bacterium) which is thus the vector. ...

Chhath songs

There is lot of devotional songs dedicared to Chhath festival.These songs purifying the whole atmosphere. Click Here To Listen Chhath Song.

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Festivals in the Hindu calendar

Sankranti | Hosa Varsha | Gowri Habba | Anantana Vrata | Bheemana Amaavaase | Satyanarayana Pooja | Datta Jayanti | Pongal | Holi | Ugadi | Rama Navami | Krishna Janmaashtami | Onam | Ganesh Chaturthi | Vaisakhi | Navratri | Durga Puja | Vijayadashami | Dasara | Karwa Chauth | Deepawali | Thaipusam | Maha Shivaratri | Ekadasi | Vaikunta Ekadasi | Mahalakshmi vrata | Raksha Bandhan | Bhai-Dooj/Bhau-Beej | Puthandu v·d·e·h