The festival of Chhath (Chhath Puja) starts on 31 October. This festival of four days is celebrated with great pomp across Bihar, Jharkhand and Eastern India. The celebration for Chhath Puja will end today evening as the devotees will be practising the Usha Arghya on 3 November morning.
Arrangements have been made for worship at the ghats. The Delhi government has also decorated the ghats for the devotees. If you are also celebrating Chhath Puja in Delhi, Noida or Ghaziabad this year then check about the nearest ghat where you can celebrate.
Chairman of the Delhi Pilgrimage Development Committee Kamal Bansal says that efforts are being made to ensure that every two-kilometers there is a ghat for the devotees to offer prayers. Small ponds are being built in the parks of DDA, MCD, where devotees will be able to perform Chhath Puja.
Chhath Puja Arrangements
The Delhi government is arranging Chhath Puja at about 1108 places this year. For Chhath Puja, ghats have been organised at several places including Hathi Ghat, Sonia Vihar-Wazirabad, Bhalaswa Lake and Narela near ITO in Delhi.
Ghats on Hindon River
The supply of water from Gangnahar will remain open until the festival of Chhath as the supply of water from Haridwar to Gangnahar was stopped on Dussehra. With this, devotees will get clean water for worship.
The district administration has made arrangements for Chhath Puja at the ghat of Hindon River as thousands of people come here every year to worship.
Arrangements for Chhath Puja In Noida
Adjacent to Delhi, in Noida, hundreds of devotees worship at the Palm Park located in Delta-1 in Greater Noida. This has been cleaned by the authority.
Apart from this, banks of Hernandi in Gamma-2, Kulesra are also being cleaned. Thousands of people gather at these places to offer arghya (a ritual with holy water).
Apart from this, the Lake Park has also been transformed as a ghat in Gaur City.
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