For decades, Sharda Sinha’s voice has been inseparable from the spirit of Chhath Puja. Born in Bihar in 1952, she elevated Bhojpuri and Maithili folk music to national recognition, becoming the ...

Chhath Puja 2025: A symbol of folk faith, is being celebrated with great devotion and enthusiasm across the country. The four-day festival is a sight to behold in various parts of the country, ...

Sandhya Arghya on the third day of Chhath Puja is imbued with an uncommon serenity that no words can do justice to. When the sun sets into the sea, families come together to express gratitude, light ...

Schools closed in Delhi on October 27 for Chhath Puja Schools in Bihar and UP are closed until October 28 and 29, respectively, for Chhath Puja West Bengal, Rajasthan schools closed on October 27 for ...

The Sun is the force of life for all beings on Earth, and Chhath Puja is a four-day Hindu festival celebrated to honour the Sun God, Lord Surya, and the goddess of life and protector of children, ...

There is a new undercurrent in the Yamuna this Chhath. The intensity of its ripples is not being dictated by the gatekeepers of the Hathni Kund barrage any more. Instead, the slow, meandering river ...

Today is honoured across a wide swathe of Eastern India as the centrepoint of the four-day Chhath Puja or Surya Shashti Vrat. The word Chhath comes from the Sanskrit word Shashti, meaning ‘sixth’.

The celebration of Chhath Puja is incomplete without the divine resonance of Chhath Geet, songs that hold the very essence of the festival. These traditional folk melodies, sung with deep devotion, ...

A political row erupted in Delhi on Sunday after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of setting up a "fake Yamuna ghat" with filtered water for Prime Minister Narendra ...

The holy festival of Chhath Puja 2025 began on October 25 with Nahay Khay, marking the start of four days of deep devotion, discipline, and thanksgiving to Surya Dev (the Sun God) and Chhathi Maiya, ...

Celebrate Chhath Puja with 7 traditional recipes like Thekua, Kheer, and Kaddu-Bhat delicious, pure, and packed with amazing health benefits. Chhath Puja is one of the most religious festivals in ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (October 25, 2025) extended greetings on the occasion of Chhath, a four-day festival to worship the Sun god celebrated across the country, especially in Bihar, ...