Chhath festival begins with Nahay Khaay on October 25, preparations in full swing in Haridwar - Chhath festival begins with Nahay Khaay on October 25 auspicious time in Uttarakhand

Updated: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 02:23 (IST) Preparations for Chhath Mahaparva are in full swing in Haridwar. The festival will begin on October 25 with Nahay-Khay. A four-day event is being organized by Purvanchal Jan Jagriti Sanstha. The fasting women will bathe in the Ganga and eat special food. Prasad of Kheer-Puri will be made on Kharna. Devotees will offer Arghya to the setting and rising sun. This festival is celebrated with wishes of prosperity, health and happiness. Preparations for Chhath festival begin from town to town. File Jagran Correspondent, Haridwar. Preparations for Chhath Mahaparva have started from town to town. Chhath Mahaparva will begin with Nahay-Khay on Saturday, October 25. Before this, a grand Kalash Yatra will be taken out on October 24. Preparations for the four-day Chhath festival have been started by Purvanchal Jan Jagruti Sanstha. Founder President Brahmashankar Choubey and President Manoj Kumar Shukla told that Chhath Puja, the great festival of folk faith, will begin on October 25 with Nahay-Khay. On the first day, women fasting for Chhath will bathe in the Ganges and eat gourd and gram dal vegetables and rice. It is also called Nahay-Khay. Remove Advertisement Only Read News On October 26, women fasting on Kharna will fast for the whole day and in the evening they will make Prasad of Kheer and Puri on an earthen stove, distribute the Prasad and consume it after the puja. On October 27, the third day, the fasting women of Purvanchal, family members of the organization will offer Arghya to the setting Sun Narayan along with various types of dishes and seasonal fruits at the Ganga ghats. The organization’s center will be available for cooperation at Harki Paidi Malviya Island. On the fourth day of October 28, the fasting devotees will break the fast by offering cow’s milk to Lord Rising Sun and distributing Prasad. Chhath is the festival of sun worship Haridwar: Chhath is the festival of sun worship. The living entities of the entire universe get energy from Lord Sun. Life on earth is possible only because of Lord Bhaskar. Not only in Purvanchal, now also in other states where people of Purvanchal have settled, Chhath festival is celebrated with full devotion. Chhath fasting people remain engrossed in worship for four days with the wishes of prosperity, health, peace, happiness and birth of a son. The splendor of Chhath is visible at various Ganga ghats including Harki Paidi in Dharmanagari.