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Chhath

A strict fast for the sun, with offerings of thekua and fruit made standing in the river.

Devotees of the Festival Chhath Parva in Janakpur, Nepal
Photo: Steffen Gauger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What is eaten for Chhath

Chhath is the festival of the Sun and Chhathi Maiya, kept above all in Bihar, Jharkhand, eastern Uttar Pradesh and Nepal. The date shown is the main day, when offerings are made to the setting sun, and again at sunrise the next morning. Those who keep the vow fast for about 36 hours without water. The evening before, they eat one meal of kheer made with jaggery and roti. The offerings are cooked with great purity on a new stove: thekua, a hard sweet biscuit of wheat and jaggery, with sugarcane, bananas and other fruit.

The dishes

ThekuaWheat and jaggery biscuit, the main offering to the sun.KheerMade with jaggery, the last meal before the long fast.RotiEaten with the kheer on the evening of Kharna.

More dishes made for Chhath

GujhiaVegetarian 🇮🇳 IndiaSweet deep-fried dumpling filled with milk solids, coconut and nuts Sweet or dessert, Snacks
About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Chhath" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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