Hindus celebrate Chhath Puja to offer prayers to the Sun God, seeking blessings of health, happiness, and prosperity.
Chhath Puja or Sandhya Arghya November 7 | 6:38 am to 5:32 pm
Usha Arghya or Parana Day November 8 | 6:38 am to 5:31 pm
– A bamboo or brass basket for morning offerings – A copper, brass, or gold pot for evening water offerings
– New saree – Two large bamboo baskets – A vase (copper, gold) – Brass plate – Bamboo soup – 5 or 11 sugarcanes – Sweet Potato – Betel leaf and betel nut
– Turmeric – Radish and ginger – Sweet lemon – Custard apple – Banana – Pear – Water chestnut – Coconut water
– Sweet – Jaggery – Wheat – Rice flour – Thekua – Rice – Vermilion – Kalawa
– Lamp – Honey – Sunlight – Kumkum – Suthni
– Vermilion – Whole rice – Gram – Jaggery – Sweets – Seven types of fruits – Thekua made with ghee