Chhath is a four-day observance offering arghya to Surya and Chhathi Maiya, standing waist-deep in a river at sunset and again at sunrise. It is among the most demanding vratas kept in Hindu practice, and among the oldest in spirit — Vedic sun worship, still living.
Source: Rig Veda 1.50.1
ud u tyaṃ jātavedasaṃ devaṃ vahanti ketavaḥ
His rays bear the god aloft, that all may see the Sun — the Vedic hymn to the rising Surya that Chhath enacts on a riverbank.
Honoured deity: Surya and Chhathi Maiya (Usha)
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