Chhath Puja has great importance in Hinduism. This great festival is of four days and during this festival, Lord Surya is worshiped with full honesty and devotion. Women follow many difficult rules in this difficult fast of four days.

Chhath Puja is most celebrated in Bihar, Jharkhand. Apart from this, this tradition is also followed in some parts of Uttar Pradesh and Nepal. Lord Surya is worshiped on this day. In such a situation, if you have time, then on the auspicious occasion of Chhath Puja, visit the temple of Lord Surya and have a darshan of him. Here we are going to tell you about some temples of Lord Surya.

Sun Temple of Bihar

Gaya city of Bihar is known as a religious place. A large number of people reach here during Pitru Paksha. Dakshinark Surya Temple is located here, where people reach to seek the blessings of Lord Surya. Especially during the Chhath festival, there is a huge crowd of devotees here.

Sun Temple of Maharashtra

There is a temple of the Sun God in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, where there is a huge crowd during the Chhath festival. A fair is also held here during the Chhath festival. It is believed that this temple was built by Lord Vishwakarma, the architect of the gods, with his own hands.

Sun Temple of Ranchi

Chhath Puja is performed with great pomp in the Sun Temple located near Bundu, 39 km from Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. There is a Sun Temple made of marble here, in which Lord Surya riding on a chariot of 18 wheels and 7 horses is the center of attraction for the devotees. Every year a huge crowd of devotees gathers here during the Chhath festival.

Sun Temple of Gujarat

A Sun Temple is also located in Gujarat. This temple was built in Modhera, about 100 km from Ahmedabad, which has a different vibrancy during the Chhath festival. A large number of devotees reach here and worship Lord Surya. This temple was built by Emperor Bhimdev Solanki Pratham. He used to worship the Sun God as his family deity.

Sun Temple of Odisha
If you want to see the splendor of the Chhath festival, then its splendor is not only seen in Bihar-Jharkhand or Uttar Pradesh but also Odisha. A world-famous Sun Temple in Konark, Odisha, is dedicated to Lord Sun. This temple is built in the shape of a chariot and during the Chhath festival, many devotees reach here to see the Sun God. This temple was built in the 13th century.

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