Happy Chhath Puja 2020 –
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The origin of
Chhath Puja is believed to be originated
from Vedas, Epic Mahabharata and Ramayana. It is also believe that, it has Legend of King named
Priyabrat and his wife Malini blessed with beautiful baby boy and they started
worshiping Chhathi Maiya and celebrating Chhath Puja.
Legends of
Chhath Puja
Chhath Puja
Story: King Priyabrat
It is the
story of a king named Priyabrat and his wife Malini. Both are living happily,
but have no child. They decided on Maha Yagya with the help of Maharishi
Kashyap. King’s wife Malini got pregnant and delivered dead child. With this
the king loses hope of decided to give his life, suddenly, the Manas Kanya
(Devsena) appeared and said “I am Goddess Khashti and I’m an incarnation of the
sixth part of the universe. If you worship me with pure mind and soul for six
days, you would definitely be blessed with a child” The King and Queen agreed
to worship and after they are blessed with a beautiful baby boy.
In Vedas:
It believes
that it is originated form the ancient Vedas – Rigvedas contains hymns of
worshiping the God Sun and describe about the ritual and
exemplifies the
similar Costumes. It describes the stringent worshiping of God Sun and
frugality and abstinence Rituals. Chhaiti Maiya is also worship and knows as
USHA in the Vedas, believe to be younger wife of the Surya, the Sun God.
This ritual
also referred in the Sanskrit Epic poem in which Draupadi is described with
observing the ritual similar to Chhath Puja today. During the exile in the
forest of the Pandavas, Draupadi started crying as Pandavas were in misery. To
get solution of their misery, Yuddhisthira went to Dhoumya.
Sage Dhoumya gave the solution and explained that “the Food grain are the form
of the Sun god that helps I maintaining the life on the earth. Therefore, the
Sun god is their father. The people who worship the sun god on the sixth and
seventh day of fortnight of Shukla Paksha in Karthik Mas with pure hearth and
Chant the 108 names of Lord Surya will blessed with son, gems, wealth and
wisdom and bring prosperity.
After enlightened and recommendation by Sage Dhoumya, Yudhisthira started
worshipping Lord Sun and pleased him. Pleased by his devotions, Lord Sun
appeared in front of Yudhisthira and gave him a magical copper vessel. Lord Sun
told that this vessel would cook four types of food for them and will last till
Draupadi, the wife of five Pandavas took her meal. This way, Pandavas came out
of their trobles and also help in re-gain their kingdoms. Hence, it is believed
that by worshipping Bhagwan Surya during Chhath Puja, one can fulfill all their
desires and come out of all pain and suffering.
Also, In Mahabharat, karan, the son of Kunti and God Surya do daily worship of
his father Sun and special puja during the month of Kartik in Shukla Paksha.
Karan is also a King of Aang (Now known as Bhagalpur in Bihar). People living
in that part of Bihar also start worshipping lord Sun.
The yogic or scientific history of Chhath Puja dates back to the Vedic times.
The rishis of yesteryears used this method to remain alive without any external
intake of food and were able to obtain energy from the sunlight. This was done
through the rituals of the Chhath Puja.
In Ramayana,
It is believed that after Completion of Banwas (Exile) of 14 Years, Lord Rama
& Mata Sita had kept fast together and offered puja to the Lord Surya (The
Sun God) in the month of Kartik (in between October and December) in Shukla
Paksha. Since then Chhath Puja became the important and traditional festival in
the Hindu religion.
May all
evils wash away with the holy water. Happy Chhath Puja! The Real Tour Varanasi, the Second Online
Ramesh Verma CMD- the Second Online Travel Varanasi,
Uttar Pradesh India
Happy Chhath
Puja 2020 – The Real Tour Varanasi, the Second Online
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