The huge enthusiasm at the Chhath festival
at Maloya
36 hour fast, the first
arghya given to Sun God,
the Chhath vrat is
specially considered auspicious for women aspiring son
Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Special arrangements had been made
by the Purvanchal Organizing Committee for the Chhath festival on the pond
located in Maloya. During the festival, devotees who had fasted started
thronging from two o'clock in the afternoon. Most of the women's came
here singing from their houses singing the Chathi Maai and Suraj
Dev's songs. A large crowd gathered by four o'clock in the evening. Meanwhile,
almost all the roads in the surrounding areas, including Maloa, remained
resonant with Chhath's songs. Nearly thousands of pilgrims from all corners and
villages around Maloa, Dadu Majra, Sector 39, Jujharanagar and villages and
people from all corners of the village reached there to give the first half of
Chhath. Ram babu, chief secretary of Purvanchal organization committee, general
secretary Sanjay Bihari, chairman Kedar Yadav, KP Singh, Rahul Verma, Shivnath,
Subhash, Shatbughan, Ranjit and other members congratulated all the fasting
women for Chhath Puja. In order to give offering to the sun , people raised
Prasad and lamp in the hands and bowed down to Lord Bhaskar and wished for
prosperity and worshiped chath mai with Lord Sun.
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