Ritika
The altars were adorned from Assi Ghat of Kashi to Dashashwamedh Ghat, Rajendra Prasad Ghat to Namo Ghat and even Adikeshav Ghat on the occasion of Mahaparva. Where the traditional song of Chhath resonated from the cultural stage at some ghats, ‘Kanchahi bamboo ke bahangiya bahangi lachkat jai…’ aapan pujawa lihi ye chahi maiya ki gavanai and fragrances drenched the whole ghat.
The fasting women will end the four-day ritual fast by offering arghya to the rising sun on Monday morning. Apart from this, by making artificial pools on the roofs of the house along with various ponds and ponds of the city, he also offered Arghya to the Sun God.
The twinkling of the lamps along with the floodlight of the highmast lit up all the ghats of the city. From around four o’clock, all the women gathered traditionally started worshiping in the middle of Chhath Mai’s Gavanai. Amidst the songs of Chhathi Mai like Tulsi Gachiya Bhuiya Lotai Dal, Daura Bharaha Hoihai Kavanram Bahangi Ghatei… Pokharwa Jalwa Umdat Jaye of Pooja Chaukhand… Suna Mahadev… Burn it
After the altar was fixed with aipan and roli, fruits and sari were offered on it. At four o’clock in the evening, almost the entire ghat was filled with fasting women offering Arghya. In the midst of fireworks, the fasting women stood for more than half an hour on the ghats in their waist full of water and offered the first arghya to the setting sun with good wishes for the attainment of a son, long life of the husband.
Many women even completed the journey from home to the ghat lying down on the ground to offer arghya to fulfill their vow. After lying down with folded hands, a mark was placed from where she would lie down for the next stage, thus completing her journey to the ghat. Meanwhile other devotees kept making way for him.
