In Pics: President’s Chhath observance and worship

KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari visited the Chhath Ghat in Kathmandu and inaugurated the Chhath Puja by lighting a lamp in the Chhathi Maiya temple.

Similarly, President Bhandari visited the Kathmandu districts of Guheshwori-Gaurighat and Kamal Pokhari, which had been decorated for Chhath.

Guhyeshwori-Gaurighat and other places in the capital are also decorated for the Chhath festival, which is celebrated every year from Kartik Shukla Chaturthi to Saptami. A large crowd has gathered to view the decorations. Hyms and devotional music have softened the atmosphere along the Bagmati River banks in the Pashupati region.

This year, Chhath ghats were built and decorated on the right and left banks of the Bagmati River from Guhyeshwori to Gaurighat, Kamal Pokhari, Thapathali, Kupandol, Nakkhu Khola at various locations, and the Bishnumati and Bagmati river banks in the capital.

Along with the Chhath ghat, these locations have a clay statue of Chhathi Maiya. Today, Chhathi Maiya is worshiped alongside the setting sun (sunset).

Vartalu (people who offers fast), who prayed to the sunset this evening, will remain awake at the Chhath puja site until the sun rises on Monday morning.

The four-day Chhath festival concludes with dawn prayers to the sun.

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-Saroj Basnet/MK