With the increase in the number of people celebrating Chhath festival in Kathmandu in recent years, this year also works are underway to construct, clean and manage Chhath ghats at 17 different places.TAG_OPEN_div_45
Preparations have been made to celebrate the Chhath festival in Gaurighat, Guheshwori, Kamalpokhari, Bagmati river bank, Teku and Banshighat among other places. On the occasion of Chhath festival, there is a tradition of worshiping the setting and rising sun. In this festival, which is celebrated for four days with various rituals and religious beliefs, devotees worship the sun by reaching the banks of rivers, ponds and reservoirs.TAG_OPEN_div_43
TAG_OPEN_div_41 According to Anil Singh, chairman of the Chhath Puja Management Committee at Gaurighat, the ghat is being constructed in Gaurighat alone so that 557 devotees can worship. He said that works are being done to set up tents at the ghats, arrange lamps, clean the river bank and prepare the necessary infrastructure.
Chairman Singh said, “The importance of Chhath, which is worshipped by the setting and rising sun, is immense. The Chhath fast is also done to fulfill the vow. We are working to create an environment that is comfortable for the devotees.TAG_OPEN_div_37 ”
Gaurighat and Guheshwori areas, Kamalpokhari, Thapathali, Teku, Banshighat, Kupandole and Balkhu areas are the major places where the Chhath festival is celebrated in Kathmandu.TAG_OPEN_div_35
Similarly, Chhath Puja is also celebrated on the banks of Bishnumati River, Nakkhu Riverbank, Tinkune Dobhan, Tankeshwor, Boksidah, Kuleshwor, Ramghat and Baisdhara of Balaju.TAG_OPEN_div_33
In the past years, Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has been managing Kamalpokhari, Gaurighat, Baksidaha Dobhan, Bagmati Dobhan, Tankeshwor, Kumari Club area in Balkhu, Kuleshwor Volleyball Ground and Ramghat as major venues for Chhath worship.TAG_OPEN_div_31
Ghats are also constructed and managed at Balaju, Baisdhara and Banshighat on the occasion of the festival.TAG_OPEN_div_29
The Chhath festival, which is celebrated with reverence and devotion especially in the Tarai Madhes, has been expanding in the hilly and mountainous regions including the Kathmandu Valley in recent times.TAG_OPEN_div_25
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