Chhath Puja Festival: Choya business in the market

लगानी न्यूज

९ कार्तिक २०८२, आईतवार १४:५०October 26, 2025

Dharan. With the end of Tihar, the Chhath festival has started in Dharan this time. The people celebrating Chhath in the market are focused on buying baskets, bamboo baskets, danglo, doko, koniya, dhaki, and other items made from bamboo choya.

Dharmuku Swami, a businessman of Jhumka, Ramdhuni Municipality-5 in Sunsari, said, “The sale of bamboo products is high during Chhath.TAG_OPEN_div_14 More than Rs 3 lakh is traded in three to four days. He has been bringing goods from the hills and different parts of India and selling them during Chhath. “The production of choya products in the city has become less and we have to import goods from Bhojpur, Dhankuta and other hilly areas and sell them from India,” he said.

According to Amrita Rauniya, a businessman, the items made from bamboo choya are considered essential during Chhath Puja.TAG_OPEN_div_12 According to him, along with the preservation of bamboo handicraft, it has also helped in local employment. “Chhath festival is an opportunity for traders like us, there is a crowd of customers in our shops from morning till evening. ’

Laxmi Khadka, a customer, said that he had come to the market to buy choya items for Chhath.TAG_OPEN_div_10 “During Chhath, especially Koniya and Dhaki are needed, there is a tradition of worshiping them by placing fruits on them,” he said.

The Chhath festival has not only strengthened religious beliefs and sun worship in Nepali society.TAG_OPEN_div_8 It has also played an important role in the preservation of traditional bamboo as a profession and handicraft. Traders have been making good income during the festival while imported goods from local and foreign sources have been fulfilling the diverse demands of consumers.