Chhath Puja 2025: Chhath Puja is an important four-day festival, beginning on October 25, 2025. It is a festival that does not require a      b priest or pundit. Learn the secret behind it.

Chhath Puja 2025: The Chhath festival begins today, October 25, 2025. This four-day festival may have originated in Bihar, but today it is celebrated all over the world. It is a difficult yet very easy fast, in which people have immense faith.

This is a fast in which God is worshipped with purity of mind and devotion, without the need for a priest or mantra. The simplicity of the Chhath festival has connected it with the hearts of people and has earned it the status of a grand festival. Let us learn about Chhath Mahaparva.

What is Chhath Mahaparva?

The Chhath festival lasts four days, and not only the fasting person but the entire family participates in it. It is a festival of togetherness, where people readily agree to cooperate.

During Chhath Mahaparva, Lord Surya is worshipped and prayers are offered for happiness, prosperity, and health for the entire family and children. Since Chhath Mahaparva is celebrated on the sixth day, the sixth form of the Goddess, worshipped for the protection of children, is also worshipped as Chhathi Maiya. This same Goddess Chhathi Maiya is also worshipped on the sixth day after the birth of a child. 

Is Chhath Mahaparva celebrated without a Pandit or priest?

The most significant feature of Chhath Mahaparva is that no priest or pundit is required for this puja. Those observing the Chhath fast begin the fast with complete purity and worship Lord Surya and Chhathi Maiya.

Anyone can observe the fast: man, woman, married, unmarried, widow, or widower. The fast is quite simple; no complicated mantras are required. Simply surrender your will to God and pray to Him.

In your own words, with pure feelings. The puja requires no rituals. A few lamps are lit, incense sticks are burned, and some flowers are offered, if available. A tekua made of flour and jaggery and any seasonal fruit is offered to the deity. The devotee performs all this himself; there is no need for a priest. However, family and neighbors participate in the puja.