Chhath puja 2022: Know the reason why pandit is not needed in chhath puja

Chhath Mahaparv has started from 28 October 2022.  And the end of Chhath Mahaparv is on 31 October 2022.  Chhath, a great festival of folk faith, is celebrated every year on the sixth day of Shukla Paksha of Kartik month.  Chhath Mahaparv lasts for a full four days.  In most parts of the country, people are seen worshiping Chhath with rituals.  Chhath festival mostly takes place in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand.  Do you know that in many parts of Odisha and Nepal, it is celebrated with great pomp.  Chhath festival is celebrated with great pomp not only in India but also in many international countries.  It is customary to take bath in this fast. The most important thing about this fast is that there is no work of pandits in this.  Chhath Mahaparv Puja is complete without them.  Surya Dev is considered a philosophical deity in Hindu scriptures, different from other deities.  

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Chhath Mahaparva is also mentioned in the Vedas.  This festival is also mentioned in Rigveda, and some mantras for worship are also taken from Rigveda Veda.  Most of the people themselves recite the mantras of Lord Surya and Chhath Mata during the worship of Sun.  Worshiping the Sun God in Chhath Mahaparva has special significance.  In this fast, people go to the river or pond and stand for some time and complete this fast by offering Arghya to the Sun God. On Chhath, fasting worshipers offer Arghya to the setting sun on the third day of worship and to the rising sun on the fourth day.  Let us know why there is no need of pandits in Chhath Mahaparva.

These gods and goddesses performed Chhath Puja. There are many mythological stories of Chhath Puja.  Chhath Puja was also performed by Mata Sita.  It is believed that when Ram ji and mother Sita returned to Ayodhya.  Then both Mother Sita and Ram ji had kept a fast in the honor of the Sun God and broke their fast by offering Arghya to the setting sun.  It is also believed that Pandavas and Draupadi also performed Chhath Puja after getting their kingdom back.  In addition, Karna, the sun god and Kunti's son, also worshiped by standing in the water.  After this, Karna ruled the country of Anga, which is today known as Bhagalpur.

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Importance of Chhath Puja
Chhath Puja has great significance in Hindu texts.  According to mythology, the chath  mother is the Manas daughter of Lord Vishnu.  It is found in mythology that the chath mother is the sister of the Sun God.  She is believed to be an incarnation of Goddess Katyayani, a form of Durga.  At the time of creation of the universe, Brahma Ji had divided himself into two parts.  In which one part became male and the other assumed the form of female, which later became Mother Nature.  After that Mother Nature divided herself into six parts, in which the final form was called the chath.

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