People shopping for Chhath in the market in Harola, Noida.
Chhath festival started on Tuesday with Nahay Khay. This festival will be celebrated at more than 100 places across the district. Puja committees are busy finalizing the preparations including decorating the ghat. At the ghats, devotees will enter the water and offer prayers to the Sun. markets before
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Chhath Maiya was established
Chhath Maiya will be established on Tuesday. After cleaning the house and bathing, rice will be offered along with a vegetable made from pumpkin and gram pulses. After this, 36 hours of Nirjala fast will start from the evening of Kharna on Wednesday. Munna Kumar Sharma, President of All India Pravasi Mahasabha and Shri Surya Dev Puja Committee, located in Sector-75, said that kheer made of jaggery and milk is eaten in Kharna. Kheer is distributed as Prasad.
Woman shopping in Harola market
Arghya will be offered to the setting sun on Thursday and the rising sun on Friday.
After receiving the Prasad, the devotees will offer Arghya to the setting sun on Thursday evening. Arghya will be offered to the rising sun on Friday morning. On the other hand, for the occasion of Chhath festival in the district, the work of decorating the parks, green belts and ghats on the banks of ponds in the colonies is going on at a rapid pace. Special significance of Kharna: Kharna has special significance in the great festival Chhath before worshiping the Sun. The prasad made on the day of Kharna is made into kheer using jaggery or sugarcane juice on a new earthen stove.
Buying dala from the market for Chhath fast
The biggest event will be held in the stadium The biggest mass Chhath Mahotsav will be held at Noida Stadium located in Sector-21A. More than one lakh people are expected to reach here. A 160 feet long and 60 feet wide ghat has been built in the stadium. This will be the largest artificial reservoir in Delhi-NCR. It will be decorated with about 10 quintals of rose flowers. Strict security arrangements have been made here under surveillance with 25 CCTV and four drone cameras. A large number of policemen will also be deployed.
Chhath market organized in Haraula
markets were busy A large number of people reached different markets of the city on Monday to buy puja materials. People made huge purchases of soup, dalia, vegetables, fruits and worship items. Many people also bought new clothes, jewelery etc.
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