Chhath Puja

Migrant Workers from Bihar Return Home from Tamil Nadu to Celebrate Chhath Puja

In Tamil Nadu, several migrant worker families from Bihar are heading back to their hometowns to celebrate Chhath Puja. Most of them work in the construction sector and live in small cubicle houses near their worksites in Chennai and other cities. Through special trains from Bengaluru and Chennai to take the workers home for the three-day celebration. Hundreds of them are also employed in Tirupur's textile industries. Their children study in local schools to access better education. Meanwh...

November 7, 2024 10:22 AM

Chhath festival 2024: Devotees to Offer Sandhya Arghya on Third Day of Chhath Puja Celebrations

Today is the third day of ongoing Chhath Puja festival celebrations. Devotees will offer Sandhya Arghya or evening oblations to the setting Sun, at different Chhath Ghats located on banks of river. Large number of devotees will perform the ritual at water bodies, reservoirs and makeshift arrangements on roof of their houses. The four day festival will culminate tomorrow morning with oblations to rising Sun. In view of huge turnout of devotees on banks of rivers, elaborate security arrangements...