Chhath Puja 2020 Samagri List: From Thekua & Aipan to Soop (Winnowing Basket) & Banana Bunch, Complete List of Ingredients You'll Need for the Mahaparva

Chhath festival aka Chhath Mahaparv is celebrated six days after Diwali. While the fast is about determination and your sincerity towards Chathhi Maiyaa and Surya Dev, a lot the rituals

involve having a lot of ingredients for the puja aka puja samagri. A strict fast is kept by devotees who perform a set of holy rituals to seek blessings from Chhath Maiyaa and the sun god.

The festival continues for four days and it includes a no water fast, and araghya to the rising and setting sun. Chhath fast is said to bring in happiness and prosperity in life, longevity

and peace in the family. It is mainly done for the children, parents and spouse. On this day Happy Chhath Puja 2020 messages, GIF images, stickers and SMS are also shared amongst families

and friends. Exactly 6 days after Diwali, Surya Shashthi fasting is done on Shukla Paksha of Kartik month. However, one of the most important parts of Chhath Puja is the ingredients also

known as Chhath Puja samagri that are required. Without these ingredients that include veggies, fruits, prasad and other items that impress Chatthi Maiyya, the fast is considered incomplete.

Chhath Puja 2020 kosi rituals done to fulfil wishes also known as mannats. Music aka the folk songs that are supposed to be played in the background of while performing the rituals plays an

important role in the festivities and you might want the best list of Chhath Puja Bhojpuri songs for free Mp3 download. But before that you might want to know Chhath Puja 2020 date & full

Schedule: When is Nahay Khay, Lohanda and Kharna, Sandhya and Usha Arghya? The Chhath puja samagri include big baskets of bamboo (known as daali), soop (hindi for Winnowing Basket) made of

bamboo or brass, milk, water, sari-kurta pyjamas (new clothes), rice, thekua/thekwa, Red/orange vermilion (sindoor), incense, clay lamps, coconut, sugarcane with leaf, sweet potato, turmeric

and ginger plant, good, pear, apple amongst other fruits and veggies.

1. New clothes, sarees for women and kurta-pyjamas for men or whatever is convenient usually in colours like red and yellow.

2. To keep the offerings for Chhathi Maa, about two big baskets made of bamboo.

Thekua made of jaggery and wheat flour is the main prasad of Chhath Puja, without it, Chhath Puja is considered incomplete. Laddus made of rice flour (locally called Kasaar) is also offered.

The main ritual includes collecting these items in the bamboo basket and then men carry it on their heads to the ghat for worship to happen. Apart from Thekua, fruits & vegetables are placed

in the basket after being thoroughly washed and cleaned. They usually include banana, pineapple, big sweet lemon, apple, water chestnut, radish, ginger leaves, sugarcane, raw turmeric,

coconut etc. Thekuas and rice laddus made for Chhath are expected to be made using the rice and wheat, which are personally washed, dried and crushed by the devotees.

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